Dr. Jacobs is Board Certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ABFPRS). There are only a handful of specialty trained surgeons such as him in the entire Bay Area. (see Board certification card). He is also one of only a few Facial Plastic Surgeons in the United States that has Fellowship training after residency. This was with the late Larry D. Schoenrock, M.D. at the University of California San Francisco.

Dr. Jacobs is triple Board Certified. In addition to the ABFPRS he is also certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada.

Dr. Jacobs is an elected House Delegate for the California Medical Association, sitting on the specialty committee representing facial cosmetic surgery.

Dr. Jacobs is also a member of the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery.

He has been chief of surgery at Sutter Hospital in Santa Rosa and Chief of Facial Plastic Sugery at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. He has hospital priveges at Sutter, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, and Warrack Hospitals in Santa Rosa and California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, California.

TRAINING

In his six years as a surgical intern and surgical resident, Dr. Jacobs has performed heart, vascular and lung surgery, Intensive Care Unit training and Otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.

In Toronto, almost all cosmetic facial surgery was done in the hospital because of government subsidy. Dr. Jacobs therefore was able to perform more rhinoplasty, eyelid and facelift surgeries in training than most American plastic surgeons do in their first 5-10 years in practice.

Dr. Jacobs attended the University of Western Ontario Medical School from 1979 to 1983. This medical school has been voted the number one medical school in Canada - "The Harvard of the North."

His undergraduate work was at the internationally renowned McGill University in Montreal where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelors Science degree. Dr Jacobs also has a Master of Science degree from the Department of Medical Biophysics and Immunology at the premier Cancer Center in Canada, the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto. (This is where the CAT Scan was invented).

Dr. Jacobs attends medical conferences 2-3 times a year in facial plastic surgery and has written many articles ranging from cosmetic surgery to radiation physics.

He is currently writing articles on rhinoplasty analysis, deep plane facelifts and canthoplasty in eyelid surgery. His article, "The Four Planes of inclination in Rhinoplasty analysis: A Three Year Study", was accepted by "The Rhinoplasty Society" and was presented at the Society's annual meeting in New York City on May 3, 2001.

Dr. Jacobs' life-time goal is to become the premier Facial Plastic Surgeon in the world by constantly critiquing his own work in an honest and analytical manner. He believes that beauty of the fine arts can be applied to aesthetics of facial plastic surgery. It is to this end that he continually strives in a singular purpose.

American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ABFPRS) Certification

Your surgeon's certification by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery means that:

• You have found a "board-certified facial plastic surgeon" . . .
• Your surgeon has met the rigorous standards of the ABFPRS . . .

THE ABFPRS CREDENTIAL SIGNIFIES THAT YOUR SURGEON:

• Has completed an approved residency after medical school in one of two surgical specialties focusing on facial plastic surgery (otolaryngology-head and neck surgery or plastic surgery);
• Is double boarded, having earned prior certification in one of those specialties through the American Board of Medical Specialties or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada;
• Has successfully complete an additional two-day examination;
• Has submitted for peer review an acceptable record of at least two years' clinical experience, including operative reports of a minimum100 facial plastic surgeries; and
• Holds prior licensure and subscribes to the ABFPRS Code of Ethics

BOARD CERTIFICATION IS JUST THE BEGINNING

A patient choosing a surgeon for facial plastic surgery must take the responsibility for asking questions and choosing the right surgeon. Ask the surgeon for names of patients who have had the surgery you have in mind and who have given the surgeon permission to provide their names to prospective patients. Check those patients' experience. Make sure the surgeon you choose is on you can relate to and who answers your questions. Also, not every surgeon performs every facial plastic surgery procedure. Some focus on specific procedures. Make sure your surgeon is experienced in the procedure you want and regularly performs that procedure. No medical or surgical certification board, including ABFPRS, guarantees competency or results.

ABOUT THE ABFPRS

Established in 1986 to improve the quality of medical and surgical treatment available to the public, the ABFPRS has set standards for the training and practice of facial plastic surgery and determines which candidates meet these standards through a rigorous program of examination and certification.

The ABFPRS has been found equivalent to primary boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties in every state that has set standards for such equivalence. Although not a primary ABMS board itself, the ABFPRS requires prior certification by one of the two ABMS boards that examine for expertise in facial plastic surgery (the American Board of Otalaryngology or the American Board of Plastic Surgery) or but the Royal College of Physicians and surgeons in Canada.

The ABFPRS is officially sponsored by national specialty societies, including the American Academy of Otalarngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the American Rhinolic Society, the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and the Canadian Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - together with numerous state and local specialty societies.

Headquartered in permanent officers in Alexandria, Virginia, and managed by a full-time staff, the ABFPRS is governed by a 16-member Board of Directors that includes faculty members from many of the most esteemed medical schools in North America.

VERIFICATION OF CERTIFICATION

To verify your surgeon's ABFPRS certification, or for more information about the ABFPRS, please contact the Board office.

ABFPRS
115C South St. Asaph Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: (703) 549-3223
Fax: (703) 549-3357
Email: tshill@abfprs.org
Web: www.abfprs.org