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Lisa Kay Jacobs, M.D.

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Chief, Section of Breast Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery

Female

Expertise

Breast Cancer, Breast Surgery, General Surgery, Melanoma, Skin Cancer, Surgical Oncology

Research Interests

Quality of Life Research and Health Services Research in Breast Cancer and Melanoma

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Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center

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Background

Dr. Jacobs is the chief of the section of breast surgery specializing in melanoma and breast cancer care. Dr. Jacobs established the Johns Hopkins Medicine Breast Center at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia. She sees patients at both The Johns Hopkins Hospital and at Howard County General Hospital.

As chief of breast surgery, Dr. Jacobs leads an expert team of 10 surgeons located at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore; Howard County General Hospital; Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C.; and Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. She has also initiated new clinics at Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station in Lutherville; Howard County General Hospital, and the Skip Viragh Outpatient Center Building in Baltimore.

Dr. Jacobs is committed to providing excellent, comprehensive, and patient-centered breast cancer care throughout Johns Hopkins Medicine through close collaboration with oncology, plastic surgery, nursing, rehabilitation medicine, and genetic services.

Additionally, Dr. Jacobs has a clinical interest in the treatment of early stage melanoma. She works closely with dermatologists and medical oncologists at Johns Hopkins University and Howard County General Hospital to improve awareness and care of melanoma patients by participating in educational programs and clinical research trials.

She has also launched research programs in lymphedema and oncoplastic surgery to increase the number of women eligible for breast prevention by combining lumpectomy with plastic surgery techniques to reshape the breast. In addition, Dr. Jacobs is leading a large multicenter trial to test a new device that may reduce the number of surgeries required to achieve breast preservation.

Titles

Chief, Section of Breast Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Professor of Oncology

Departments / Divisions

Oncology - Division of Women's Malignancies
Surgery - Surgical Oncology

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Education

Degrees

MD, Columbia School of Medicine (1992)

Residencies

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences / General Surgery (1996)

Fellowships

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences / General Surgery (1998)
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine / Oncology (2000)

Board Certifications

American Board of Surgery / Surgery- General (1999)

Research & Publications

Selected Publications

Jain, A.; Haisfield-Wolfe, M.E.; Lange, J.; Ahuja, N.; Khouri, N.; Tsangaris, T.; Zhang, Z.; Balch, C.; Jacobs, L.K. The role of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of axillary nodes in the staging of breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Feb;15(2):462-471.

Rosson, G.D.; Singh, N.K.; Ahuja, N.; Jacobs, L.K.; Chang, D.C. Multilevel analysis of the impact of community vs patient factors on access to immediate breast reconstruction following mastectomy in Maryland. Arch Surg. 2008 Nov;143(11):1076-1081; discussion 1081.

Voltura, A.M.; Tsangaris, T.N.; Rosson, G.D.; Jacobs, L.K.; Flores, J.I.; Singh, N.K.; Argani, P.; Balch, C.M. Nipple-sparing mastectomy: critical assessment of 51 procedures and implications for selection criteria. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Dec;15(12):3396-3401.

Balch, C.M.; Jacobs, L.K. Mastectomies on the rise for breast cancer: "the tide is changing". Ann Surg Oncol. 2009 Oct;16(10):2669-2672.

Balmanoukian, A.; Zhang, Z.; Jeter, S.; Slater, S.; Armstrong, D.K.; Emens, L.A.; Fetting, J.H.; Wolff, A.C.; Davidson, N.E.; Jacobs, L.; Lange, J.; Tsangaris, T.N.; Zellars, R.; Gabrielson, E.; Stearns, V. African American women who receive primary anthracycline- and taxane-based chemotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer suffer worse outcomes compared with white women. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Aug 1;27(22):e35-37; author reply e38-39.

Zellars, R.C.; Stearns, V.; Frassica, D.; Asrari, F.; Tsangaris, T.; Myers, L.; DiPasquale, S.; Lange, J.R.; Jacobs, L.K.; Emens, L.A.; Armstrong, D.K.; Fetting, J.H.; Garrett-Mayer, E.; Davidson, N.E.; Wolff, A.C. Feasibility trial of partial breast irradiation with concurrent dose-dense doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide in early-stage breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Jun 10;27(17):2816-2822.
Chumsri, S.; Jeter, S.; Jacobs, L.K.; Nassar, H.; Armstrong, D.K.; Emens, L.A.; Fetting, J.H.; Lange, J.R.; Riley, C.; Tsangaris, T.N.; Wolff, A.C.; Zellars, R.; Zhang, Z.; Stearns, V. Pathologic complete response to preoperative sequential doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide and single-agent taxane with or without trastuzumab in stage II/III HER2-positive breast cancer. Clin Breast Cancer. 2010 Feb;10(1):40-45.

Jacobs, L.; Sukumar, S.; Stearns, V. Intraductal therapy for the prevention of breast cancer. Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2010 Jun;11(6):646-652.

Rosson, G.D.; Magarakis, M.; Shridharani, S.M.; Stapleton, S.M.; Jacobs, L.K.; Manahan, M.A.; Flores, J.I. A review of the surgical management of breast cancer: plastic reconstructive techniques and timing implications. Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Jul;17(7):1890-1900.

Stojadinovic, A.; Ahuja, N.; Nazarian, S.M.; Segev, D.L.; Jacobs, L.; Wang, Y.; Eberhardt, J.; Zeiger, M.A. Translational research in surgical disease. Arch Surg. 2010 Feb;145(2):187-196.

Activities & Honors

Honors

Top Doctor, Baltimore Magazine

Memberships

American College of Surgeons, 1993
American College of Surgeons, 2002
Fellow
American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, 2002 - 2004
Cancer Liaison Physician, University of MO-Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, 2001
American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, 2001
Auditor Training
Association of Academic Surgeons, 2004
Fellow of The American College of Surgeons, 2002
Society of Surgical Oncology, 2004
The Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association, 2004
Fischel Cancer Center, 2002 - 2004

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