Lisa Jacobs, MD, MSPH

Professional Titles

• Division Chief, Breast Cancer Surgery

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Surgery

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Breast Center at Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
• Breast Health Services
• Melanoma Program
• Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Find a Clinical Trial

Videos

• Meet Our Expert - Dr. Lisa Jacobs

• Treatment Options for Breast Cancer

• Mammogram Recommendations

• Breast Lumps Causes, Types and Treatment

• Lumpectomy, Mastectomy and Reconstruction after Breast Cancer

• Surgical Breast Biopsy Options

• Common Types of Breast Cancer Biopsy

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• Facebook Live: Addressing Facts and Fears in the Face of Breast Cancer - October 2018

Additional Academic Titles

Associate Professor of Oncology

Research Interests

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

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.
  
  

Honors

Top Doctor, Baltimore Magazine

Memberships

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