College
University of Pennsylvania, BA, 1982

Medical School
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, MD, 1986

Residency Program
Otolaryngology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, 1991

Fellowship: Location
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1992

Fellowship: Area of Concentration
Pediatric otolaryngology

Board Certified
American Board of Otolaryngology, 1992

Year Appointed to Penn Faculty
1997

Areas of Expertise
Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Areas of Special Interest
Pediatric airway disorders
Laser surgery

Current Research Interests
Gene therapy in the prevention of subglottic stenosis

Positions Held in Major Societies (Past & Present)
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Society:
    Member of Core Curriculum Committee, 1995-2000
American Broncho-Esophagological Association:
    Member, Difficult Airway Committee, 1999
    Program Chair, COSM, 2001-2002
Food and Drug Administration:
    Grant Application Panel, Office of Orphan Product Development, 2000-

Research Grants
Graft-Healing in Laryngotracheal Reconstruction, University Research Committee Grant, Emory University, 1995-1996. IN Jacobs, principal investigator.

The Role of TGFBI in the Etiology of Subglottic Stenosis, American Laryngological Association Research Grant, 1997-1998. IN Jacobs, principal investigator.

The Role of Growth Factors in the Etiology and Prevention of Subglottic Stenosis, Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Resident Research Grant, 1996-1997. D Dillard, principal investigator, IN Jacobs, faculty mentor and co-investigator.

Gene Therapy in the Prevention of Subglottic Stenosis, Percy Memorial Research Award of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1998-1999. IN Jacobs, principal investigator.

Honors & Awards
American Laryngological Association
    Resident Research Award, 1989
New York Academy of Medicine
    Otolaryngology Section Paper Presentations - First Place, 1989
American Laryngological Association
    Research Grant Award, 1997
American Broncho-Esophagological Association
    Presidential Citation - Foreign Body Award (co-author), 1998
    Mentor for Resident Research Award, 2001
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
    Percy Memorial Research Grant Award, 1998
    Honor Award, 2001
Top Docs for Kids, Philadelphia, 2001
American Broncho-Esophagological Association Mentor for Resident Research Award, 2001
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Honor Award, 2001

Contributions
Recent Courses, Lectures, and Panels by Invitation:
"Pediatric Otolaryngology for the Office-Based Practitioner" Instructional Course
#IC575 - AAO-HNS Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: September 2006

Case Presentation/ Panel Member - Endoscopy Days 2006, Paris, France: June 2006

"Congenital Airway Disorders" CHOP Division of Neonatology Postgraduate Course,
Philadelphia, PA: October 2005

Visiting Professor. "Congenital Airway Disorders" Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds At St Peter's Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ: October 2005

"Pediatric Otolaryngology for the Office-Based Proctitioner" Instructional Course
#IC478 - AAO-HNS Annual Meeting, LosAngeles, CA: September 2005

Panel Moderator: Airway Outcomes papers. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Las Vegas, NV: May 2005

"Congenital Airway Anomalies" Neonatal Nursing Lecture. University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA: May 2005

Panel Moderator. Otology Papers, Society for the Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children, Totonto, Ontario, Canada: December 2004

"Pediatric Otolaryngology for the Office-Based Proactitioner" Instructional Course
#IC170 - AAO-HNS Annual Meeting, New York, NY: September 2004

"Congenital Airway Disorders" Neonatology Grand Rounds Presentation. West Jersey Hospital/Virtua Health System, Voorhees, NJ: November 2004

"Open Surgical Approaches to Obstructive Airway Lesions in Infants and Children"
Alumni Day 2004 - Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY: October 2004

“Congenital Airway Abnormalities” Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Nurses – PA Chapter, Philadelphia, PA :  June 2004

“Pediatric Otolaryngology for the Office-Based Practitioner” Instruction Course
3528 - AAO-HNS, Orlando, FL: September 2003

“Pediatric Otolaryngology for the Office-Based Practitioner” Instruction Course
2527 - AAO-HNS, San Diego, CA: September 2002

“Pediatric Otolaryngology for the Office-Based Practitioner” Instruction Course 3520 - AAO-HNS, Denver, CO: Sept 2001

Jacobs IN. Laryngeal Tracheal Reconstruction in Children. Presented at Resident Research Day 2003 - Moderator and Panel Member. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA: June 2003

Wise, J.B., Cryer, J., Belasco, J, Jacobs, I.N., Elden, L.M. Management of Massive Plexiform Neurofibromas of the Head and Neck in the Pediatric Patient. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology: Phoenix, Arizona, May 2, 2004

Parra M, Downes J, Panitch H, Jacobs IN, Flanagan T. Advances in the Care of Children with Chronic Respiratory Failure. Panel presentation. Presented at the Ken-Crest Services National Conference 2003: Philadelphia, PA, April 2003

Jacobs IN. Advances in the Care of Children with Severe Chronic Airway Obstruction. Presented at the Ken-Crest Services National Conference 2003: Philadelphia, PA,
April 2003

Jacobs IN. Ambulatory Pediatric Otolaryngology. Grand Rounds presented to the UMDNJ Department of ORL-HNS: Newark, NJ, February 2003

Jacobs IN. Heterotrophic Gastric Mucosa as a Cause of Airway Obstruction in the Neonate. Presented at the 30 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children (SENTAC): Atlanta, GA, December 2002

Jacobs IN, Bilaniuk LT. Bilateral Aberrant Internal Carotid Arteries in the Middle ear. Presented at the 30 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children (SENTAC): Atlanta, GA, December 2002

Jacobs IN. Chromosomal and Cardiovascular Anomalies Associated with Congenital Laryngeal Web. Presented at the 8th International Congress on Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology - ESPO 2002: Oxford, UK, September 2002

Adenoviral mediated ex vivo gene transfer of human VEGF₁₂₁ in a rabbit laryngotracheal reconstruction model. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Broncho-Esophageal Association: Palm Springs, CA, May 2001

Wound healing in pediatric otolaryngology. Presented at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine's Sixth Annual Combined Otolaryngology Alumni Symposium and Joseph Goldman Lecture:
New York, NY, October 2000

Pediatric otolaryngology for the office-based practitioner. Instruction Course
3520, AAO-HNS: Denver, CO, Sept 2001

Multidisciplinary care of the pediatric airway patient. Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Nurses, PA Chapter:Philadelphia, PA, April 2001

Endoscopic evaluation of swallowing disorders in children. CHOP Pediatric Dysphagia Conference: Philadelphia, PA, Oct 2000

Head and neck applied anatomy. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine: Philadelphia, PA, Oct 2000

Multidisciplinary care of the pediatric airway patient. Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Nurses: Washington, DC, September 2000

Pediatric otolaryngology for the office-based practitioner. Instruction Course
2617, AAO-HNS: Washington, DC, September 2000

Discussant of pediatric airway-related papers, American Bronchoesophagological Association. Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting: Orlando, FL, May 2000

Movement disorders in children. Panelist, American Laryngological Association. Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting: Orlando, FL, May 2000

Laser surgery in the pediatric airway. Panelist, Otolaryngology Section, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Inc: Reno, NV, April 2000

GERD and pediatric sinusitis. Faculty speaker at Penn Rhinology Course: Philadelphia, PA, March, 2000
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Recent Publications
Sobol SE, Wetmore RF, Marsh RR, Stow J, Jacobs IN. Postoperative recovery after microdebrider or monopolar tonsillectomy: a prospective, randomized, blinded study. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2006 Mar; 132(3):270-4

Sobel SE, Jacobs IN, Levin L, Wetmore RF. Pistachio nutshell foreign body of the oral cavity in two children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2004;68:1101-1104.

Hockstein NG, McDonald-McGinn D, Zackai E, Bartlett S, Huff DS, Jacobs IN. Tracheal anomalies in Pfeiffer Syndrome. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2004;130:1298-1302

Hockstein NG, Jacobs IN. Flexible bronchoscopic removal of a distal bronchial foreign body with cinefluoroscopic guidance. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2004 Nov;113(11);:863-5.

Recent Editorials, Reviews and Chapters
Jacobs IN. Croup and epiglottitis. In: Burg FD, Ingelfinger JR, Polin RS, Gershon AA, eds. Current Pediatric Therapy, 17th ed. Philadelphia, PA:  W.B. Saunders Co.; 2006

Jacobs IN. Disorders of the larynx. In: Burg FD, Ingelfinger JR, Polin RA, Gershon AA, eds. Currernt pediatric Therapy, 17th ed.