A Trusted Partner in WOMEN’s Health
For over 30 years, physicians throughout Northern California and beyond have referred their most complex and challenging gynecologic surgery and pelvic floor disorder patients to Dr. Margolis for expert specialty care. Dr. Margolis neither uses nor endorses transvaginal polypropylene mesh for urinary incontinence or prolapse.
AN ACCOMPLISHED AND EXPERIENCED EXPERT
prolapse, incontinence and other gynecologic conditions
M. Tom Margolis, MD, FACS, FACOG, MIGS, FPMRS
Dr. Tom Margolis is a fellowship-trained, board-certified female pelvic surgeon/urogynecologist serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Margolis draws upon over 30 years of surgical experience and is one of the foremost national experts in minimally invasive gynecology and urogynecology procedures. His specialties include uterine prolapse, urinary incontinence, and fistula repair. Additionally, Dr. Margolis performs laparoscopic Burch procedures, hysterectomies, and other major gynecology and urogynecology surgeries on a weekly basis.
Dr. Margolis completed his residency at the University of Kansas under Dr. Kermit Krantz, co-founder of the gold standard surgery for stress urinary incontinence, the Marshall Marchetti Krantz procedure. He then completed the Pelvic Surgery Fellowship at Emory University under the direction of world-renowned surgeon Dr. Clifford Wheeless.
Dr. Margolis served on the faculty at Northwestern University and later became the Gynecology Division Chief at Stanford University, where he founded the Center for Pelvic Surgery and Urogynecology. He continues to serve as a mentor to both residents and attending gynecologists throughout the Bay Area.
Additionally, Dr. Margolis has served on the teaching faculty at major universities in the U.S. including Emory University in Atlanta, University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of California, Los Angeles as well as internationally in universities in Peru, Ghana and Uganda.
He has trained Pelvic Surgery fellows who have gone on to practice in academic centers across Canada, the US and Africa. He has lectured extensively on urogynecology topics worldwide and has published articles in major peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Margolis has served as consultant surgeon to Bay Area doctors for over ten years and leads annual surgical missions to Africa, training and empowering the next generation of local pelvic surgeons in Uganda.
Experience matters when choosing a surgeon
Seeking help for a pelvic floor disorder can cause fear and anxiety for many women, but having expert guidance can make all the difference in proceeding with confidence. Dr. Margolis specializes in the treatment of urinary/fecal incontinence, pelvic floor prolapse, mesh/sling complications, fistulas, and complications from other gynecologic surgery, fibroids or endometriosis.
Dr. Margolis understands that pelvic floor disorders can be difficult to talk about and they can raise many questions and concerns for patients. Dr. Margolis will empower you to understand the diagnostic testing, medical treatments and surgical options that are available to you. He will provide you with an individualized and comprehensive plan of care to improve your quality of life based on your wishes, the severity of your condition and your general health.
As with any profession, surgical outcomes are directly related to the knowledge training, judgment and experience of the surgeon. With over 30 years experience and continuously being referred many of the more difficult cases locally, nationally and internationally, Dr. Margolis has unparalleled experience and skill. Having also performed more than 30,000 surgical procedures in his career to date, Dr. Margolis has the knowledge and judgment that can only come from experience. This edge translates directly to improved patient safety and surgical outcomes including shorter length hospital stay, quicker recovery and fewer complications.
Dr. Margolis serves as a surgical mentor to colleagues as well as resident physicians. Over the course of his distinguished career, he has held faculty positions at Emory University in Atlanta, Northwestern University in Chicago, Stanford University in Palo Alto and the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He has trained multiple pelvic surgery fellows and continues to train pelvic surgeons internationally. Dr. Margolis is also an active mission surgeon caring for underserved women throughout Africa and South America.
Board Certifications
American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology (1994-present)
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (2013-present)
Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery - Focused Practice Designation (2021-present)
EDUCATION
Fellowship (1991-1992)
The Pelvic Surgery Fellowship
Emory University Hospital System, Atlanta, GeorgiaResidency (1988-1991)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KansasInternship (1987-1988)
Department of Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KansasMedical School (1983-1987)
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KansasUndergraduate (1980-1983)
Pre-Med
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
HOSPITAL ACtivities
Vice-Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Gatos Community Hospital, 1999-2001
Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Gatos Community Hospital, 2001-2003
Medical Director of Women’s Pelvic Surgery Services, Good Samaritan Hospital, 2009-2011
Vice-Chairman Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peninsula Hospital, 2012-2016
Urogynecology Program Director, Stanford ValleyCare, February 2015-2019
Vice-Chairman Department of Maternal Child Health, El Camino Los Gatos Hospital, 2016-2018
Chairman Department of Maternal Child Health, El Camino Los Gatos Hospital, 2018-2020
Hospital privileges
El Camino Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital
Stanford ValleyCare
Sequoia Hospital
O’Connor Hospital
Peninsula Hospital
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Seton Hospital
CURRENT Clinical Faculty Appointments
University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologySanta Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecology residency rotation site directorMbarara University Teaching Hospital, Uganda