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Danny O. Jacobs, MD, MPH

Danny O. Jacobs, MD, MPH, Chair, Department of Surgery

Chair, Department of Surgery

Department / Division:
Surgery / General Surgery

Address:
DUMC 3704
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
(919) 681-3445

Office Telephone:
(919) 681-3445

Fax Telephone:
(919) 681-2779

Training:
  • M.D., Washington University, Missouri, 1979

Residency:
  • General Surgery Intern, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1979-1980
  • General Surgery Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1980-1985
  • General Surgery Chief Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1985-1986

Fellowship:
  • Fellow, Nutrition and Metabolism, Harrison Department of Surgical Research, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1982-1984
  • Research Fellow, Surgical Nutrition and Metabolism, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts, 1986-1988

Other Degrees:
  • M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health, Massachusetts, 1989

Clinical Interests:
General and gastrointestinal surgery with a special interest in the management of patients with abdominal fistulae and other nutritional or metabolic diseases amenable to surgical therapy including inflammatory bowel disease and obesity