Jeff Jacobson, MD, a highly respected neurosurgeon in the Washington metropolitan area for more than 34 years, is a professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. He will be seeing patients at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He, most recently, was adjunct professor of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins and chief of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Suburban Hospital. Dr. Jacobson specializes in both cranial and spinal surgery and is a leader in developing a program for intra-operative imaging and computer navigation.

Dr. Jacobson’s credentials include:

• Medical Degree: George Washington University
• Residency: George Washington University
• Faculty Positions: George Washington University, Georgetown University, and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Dr. Jacobson’s areas of expertise include:

• Brain tumors, including skull-based
• Cervical disc replacement (arthroplasty)
• Image guided lumbar and cervical fusion
• Lumbar and cervical disc surgery
• Spinal cord tumors
• Stereotactic radiosurgery
• Trigeminal neuralgia