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Samuel G. Jacobson, M.D., Ph.D.
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Dr. Jacobson followed his M.D., medical internship and one year of Neurology residency in Chicago with a neurology research fellowship at the National Hospital in Queen Square, London. It was in this environment that Dr. Jacobson matured from a well-qualified doctor to a medical researcher of the intricate workings of the brain. By 1977, he had spent 6 years of intensive research training at the University of London and was awarded a Ph.D. from this university. Ophthalmology residency in 1977 through 1980 occurred at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. All through this clinical training, he continued his research, interacting mainly with vision scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. An FFB Career Development Award in 1980 led to a training period for Dr. Jacobson in Boston, London and then Boston. He was recruited in 1983 to join the faculty at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami and be the Center Director of a clinical and research team to investigate inherited retinal degenerations. The next 12 years in Miami were ones of strong achievement and progress at this FFB Center. Continuous funding from the NEI and FFB occurred and Dr. Jacobson rose though academic ranks to become Professor of Ophthalmology. Dr. Jacobson was recruited to the University of Pennsylvania (Scheie Eye Institute) in 1995 where there was need for a clinician-scientist who knew human retinal degenerations to join a group of molecular scientists. He was appointed Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania and the FFB Center moved from Miami to Philadelphia. Awards for achievement in the field of retinal degeneration followed: FFB Board Trustee Award, RPB Awards, Paul Kayser International Award in Retina Research, Steinbach Award, and the Alcon Research Institute Award. Dr. Jacobson’s resume shows more than 200 publications on the topic of eye disease and he is constantly asked to lecture around the world. Most such invitations are politely refused because there is too much work to do and momentum is key. Dr. Jacobson vows to continue the high level of activity until a greater number of his patients can gain useful vision and a positive change can occur in the quality of their lives. |
