Prof. Carmi Zvi Margolis is a pioneering educator in medical education and global health. Born and raised in the Bronx, he earned his B.A. in English Literature from Columbia University and his M.D. from New York University Medical School. He trained and taught pediatrics at Yale, followed by a Fellowship in Medical Education at Michigan State University, where he also completed an M.A. in Educational Psychology. After serving two years of active duty in the U.S. Army, he made Aliyah with his family and joined the newly established Ben-Gurion University Faculty of Medicine in Be’er Sheva.
Prof. Margolis served as the founding Chairman of the Department of Health in the Community for 13 years and Vice Dean for Medical Education and Curriculum for eight years. In 1998, he became the founding Dean of the new Medical School for International Health, a unique collaboration with Columbia University Medical Center, serving until 2009.
Prof. Margolis’s research spans clinical decision-making, global health education, and educational outcomes. He has also strongly supported teaching Literature and Medicine jointly with colleagues in English Literature and other clinicians since 2000.
In his retirement, Prof. Margolis has returned to Pediatric consulting, teaching medical students on rounds and writing fiction. He spends as much time as possible with his partner-wife, Adinah, five amazing children and fourteen grandchildren.
Prof. Carmi Z. Margolis made Aliyah from New York in 1975.
