Biographical Sketch
Jeffrey Jacobs, MD, is a board-certified Anesthesiologist with the Weston, Fla., campus of Cleveland Clinic. In addition to his anesthesia skills, Dr. Jacobs also is the Chair of the Ethics Committee for the Weston Cleveland Clinic and a member of the Committee on Ethics for the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
He is a member of the Patient Safety Committee for the Florida Medical Association, a Director for the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists, a Delegate to the American Society of Anesthesiologists and a Senior Editor for the American Board of Anesthesiology written examination.
Specialty Interests
airway management in the morbidly obese, minimally invasive airway management, bioethics, public policy as it relates to medicine
Additional Training
Currently takes courses for certification in bioethics with the Medical College of Wisconsin
Industry Relationships
Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists may collaborate with
the pharmaceutical or medical device industries to help develop
medical breakthroughs or provide medical education about recent
trends. The collaborations are reviewed as part of the Cleveland
Clinic’s procedures. The Cleveland Clinic publicly discloses
payments to its physicians and scientists for speaking and
consulting of $5,000 or more per year, and any equity,
royalties, and fiduciary relationships in companies with which
they collaborate. The Cleveland Clinic requires its doctors
to approve the public disclosures of their scientific
collaborations with industry. As of 10/24/2008 the review
process regarding Dr. Jacobs’s disclosure had not been
completed. Patients should feel free to contact their doctor
about any of the relationships and how the relationships are
overseen by the Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about the
Cleveland Clinic’s policies on collaborations with industry
and innovation management, go to our
Integrity in Innovation page.
