Alice K. Jacobs

Alice K. Jacobs is a Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. ^[1] She specializes in interventional cardiology, coronary revascularization, and sex-based differences in cardiovascular disease. ^[2]

She holds a BA from State University of New York at Buffalo and an MD from Saint Louis University School of Medicine. ^[2] At BU, she was Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Interventional Cardiology for 20 years until 2011. ^[2] She currently is Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Medicine at Boston University Medical Center and maintains an active clinical practice. ^[3]

Jacobs was President of the American Heart Association (2004 - 2005). ^[2] She has also served as chair of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. ^[4] On April 20, 2009, she was awarded the Gold Heart Award by the American Heart Association for her contributions to health. ^[5] She was president of the Association of University Cardiologists in 2011. ^[6] She is a Master Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI). ^[7] She is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. ^[2]

Works

In mid-2024, she had published over 600 research articles, with a D-index of 140. ^[8]

• Mendirichaga, Rodrigo; Jacobs, Alice K. (2020-03-30). "Sex Differences in Ischemic Heart Disease-the Paradox Persists". JAMA Cardiology. 5 (7): 754–756. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0819. ISSN   2380-6591. PMID   32227138. S2CID   214733422.
• Al-Lamee, Rasha; Jacobs, Alice K. (2020-08-11). "ISCHEMIA Trial: Was It Worth the Wait?". Circulation. 142 (6): 517–519. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.045007 . ISSN   1524-4539. PMID   32316761.
• King, Spencer B.; Smith, Sidney C.; Hirshfeld, John W.; Jacobs, Alice K.; Morrison, Douglass A.; Williams, David O.; Smith, Sidney C.; Feldman, Ted E.; Hirshfeld, John W.; Jacobs, Alice K.; Kern, Morton J.; King, Spencer B.; Morrison, Douglass A.; O’Neill, William W.; Schaff, Hartzell V.; Whitlow, Patrick L.; Williams, David O.; Smith, Sidney C.; Jacobs, Alice K.; Adams, Cynthia D.; Anderson, Jeffrey L.; Buller, Christopher E.; Creager, Mark A.; Ettinger, Steven M.; Halperin, Jonathan L.; Hunt, Sharon A.; Krumholz, Harlan M.; Kushner, Frederick G.; Lytle, Bruce W.; Nishimura, Rick; Page, Richard L.; Riegel, Barbara; Tarkington, Lynn G.; Yancy, Clyde W. (15 January 2008). "2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 Guideline Update for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: 2007 Writing Group to Review New Evidence and Update the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 Guideline Update for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Writing on Behalf of the 2005 Writing Committee". Circulation. 117 (2): 261–295. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.188208 . PMID   18079354.
• Cerqueira, Manuel D.; Weissman, Neil J.; Dilsizian, Vasken; Jacobs, Alice K.; Kaul, Sanjiv; Laskey, Warren K.; Pennell, Dudley J.; Rumberger, John A.; Ryan, Thomas; Verani, Mario S. (29 January 2002). "Standardized Myocardial Segmentation and Nomenclature for Tomographic Imaging of the Heart: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the Cardiac Imaging Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association". Circulation. 105 (4): 539–542. doi:10.1161/hc0402.102975. PMID   11815441. S2CID   39323991.

References

1. "Alice K. Jacobs, MD, MSCAI". Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
2. "Alice K. Jacobs, MD". Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
3. "Alice Jacobs | Profiles RNS". profiles.bu.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
4. "Alice Jacobs, MD Receives American Heart Association Award". Boston University Medical Campus. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
5. "Association Honors Top Volunteers, Staff Member at Washington, D.C. Meeting". PR News Wire. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
6. "Alice K Jacobs, MD". Boston Medical Center. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
7. "Alice K. Jacobs, MD, MSCAI | SCAI". scai.org. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
8. "Alice K. Jacobs". Research.com. Retrieved 2024-09-09.