Danielle Margalit, MD, MPH

Dr. Margalit received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed her residency in radiation oncology at the Harvard Radiation Oncology Program. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Cancer Epidemiology and Master of Public Health in Clinical Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Margalit is senior physician at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an assistant professor of radiation oncology at Harvard Medical School where she specializes in the treatment of tumors of the head and neck. Dr. Margalit teaches and mentors students from Harvard Medical School and residents of the Harvard Radiation Oncology Program. She is an active participant on national committees of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and American Board of Radiology (ABR). She is the senior editor for the head and neck cancer section of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology ● Biology ● Physics. Dr. Margalit’s research focuses on integrating new technologies and targeted therapies to improve cure rates while minimizing side effects of cancer treatment.