John R. Jacobs, M.D.

John R. Jacobs, M.D.
Professor of Otolaryngology
Vice Chief Head and Neck Cancer Services
Vice Chief Head and Neck Service Line

Undergraduate degree: B.S., Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University 

Graduate degrees: M.D., Northwestern Univ. 

Internship: General Surgical Resident at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO

Residency: Barnes Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Clinical Interests: Head and Neck Cancer

Research Interests:  Clinical trials, rehabilitation of the head and neck cancer patient trachea reconstructive surgery, management of the carotid artery

Patient office phone number: 

Harper Professional Office - (313) 831-0960                                       
Southfield Office - (248) 357-4151
Bloomfield Hills Clinic, 43494 Woodward Ave, Suite 210, (248) 335-9800

Academic office phone number:  313-745-4336

Email address:   jjacobs@med.wayne.edu

Selected Publications:

Jacobs JR: Advanced Head and Neck Carcinoma-The Methods of. In: Current Therapy in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Fifth Edition, George A. Gates, M.D., (ed), Mosby-Year Book, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, pp. 344-347, October, 1993.

Kish JA, Ensley JF, Ahmad K, Sakr W, Jacobs J, Weaver A and Al-Sarraf M: Prolonged Survival in Resected Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated with Concomitant Cisplatin and Radiation. In: Adjuvant Therapy of Cancer VII, Sydney E. Salmon, Ed., J.B. Lippincott Company, pp 92-98, 1993.

Graney D0, Jacobs JR, Kern RC: Anatomy of the Paranasal Sinuses. In: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 3rd Edition, Mosby-Year Book, Inc., K. Thomas Robbins and David E. Schuller (eds), 1997.

Cohn AM, Jacobs JR: Sinusitis. In: Schwartz's Principles and Practices of Emergency Medicine, fourth edition, George Schwartz, M.D., C. Gene Cayten, M.D., Mary Anne Mangelsen, M.D. and Thom Mayer, M.D. (eds), Lea and Febiger, PP 886-888, 1997.

Jacobs JR: The Family of Flaps and the Flap Over Implants: Advances in Oral Cavity Reconstruction Following Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (editorial) 32(4)1261-1262, 1995.

Sarkar F, Sakr W, Li Y, Jacobs J, Crissman J: Tumor Suppressor p53 Gene Mutation in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx. Diagn Mol Pathol 5(3):201-205, 1996.

Marunick M, Donat T, Ahmad S, Jacobs J: Total Maxillary Osteoradionecrosis Following Adjuvant Neutron Radiotherapy: A Clinical Report. J Prosthet Dent 79:617-20,1998.

Chomchai JS, Du W, Sarkar F, Li Y, Jacobs J, Ensley J, Sakr W, Yoo G: Prognostic Significance of p53 Gene Mutations in Laryngeal Cancer. Laryngoscope 109(3):455459, 1999.

Jacobs JR, Logemann J, Pajak TF, Roa-Pauloski B, Collins S, Casiano R, Schuller D: Failure of Cricopharyngeal Myotomy to Improve Dysphagia Following Head and Neck Cancer Surgery. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 125:942-946, 1999.

Yoo GH, Hocwald E, Korkmaz H, Du W, Logani S, Kelley JK, Sakr W, Jacobs JR: Assessment of Carotid Artery Invasion in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer, Laryngoscope (in press).

Jacobs JR, Korkmaz H, Marks SC, Kline R, Berguer R: One Stage Carotid Artery Resection/Reconstruction in Radiated Head and Neck Carcinoma. American Journal Otolaryngology (in press).