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]

  1. ^ "Alice K. Jacobs, MD, MSCAI". Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  2. ^ a b c d e "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.