Experience

New Destiny Treatment Center

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Medical Director

  • Sep 1996 - Present

  Pioneered Office-Based Opioid Treatment (Medication Assistance Treatment - MAT) program using buprenorphine in 2005; averages 150-175 active patients. Financial stability secured. Awarded American Board of Addiction Medicine certification. Quality Improvement initiative/tool dramatically enhanced compliance with physician visits and pharmacy database query requirements, reducing number of overdue patients from 35% to 3% within 8 months.



Christian Healthcare Ministries

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Medical Director

  • May 1995 - Present

  Only staff physician serving USA’s original/largest (>420k mbr) healthcare cost sharing organization, through education (column and advice), case and policy review, Chairman of Eligibility Review Board, and directing provider relations.



Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Sep 2013 - Present



United States Air Force

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director Operational GME/USUHS Assistant Professor

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2019

  Inaugural Director for the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine’s Operational Graduate Medical Education (OGME) program. Expanded OGME from 3 residents and 1 affiliation to 55 residents, 4 specialties, and 15 military and civilian affiliates, resulting in a novel training pipeline slated to deliver over 25 board-certified flight surgeons to the field each year. Chief Flight Surgeon, accruing 849 flying hours on 15 different combat/training airframes; key medical member on Accident Investigation Board (AIB) for fatal 2018 A-29 mishap.

• Resident, Aerospace Medicine

  • Jun 2011 - Jun 2013

• Chief of Medical Staff (SGH, 509 Medical Group-Whiteman AFB)

  • Jul 2009 - Jun 2011

  Senior physician executive (“#1 of 9 physicians”) for $18M budget for 12,000 beneficiaries, mentoring 31 providers, chairing 4 Committees (incl executive, credentials and population health) and overseeing quality of care, patient safety, health care education, case management and group practice management. Refined peer review process, and overhauled Medical Board process, raising efficiency 73%. Cut wait times from 30 to less than 7 days. Case research protected USAF from $650K fraudulent claim. Led Group to Health Services Inspection (HSI) score of 96, highest of any AF facility in 7 years.

• Flight Medicine Flight Commander (1st AMDS)

  • Feb 2007 - Jul 2009

  Chief Flight Surgeon, accruing 849 flying hours on 15 different combat/training airframes; key medical member on Accident Investigation Board (AIB) for fatal 2018 A-29 mishap. Inaugural Director for the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine’s Operational Graduate Medical Education (OGME) program. With vision, creativity, and a unique ability to form collaborative relationships, Colonel Jacobson expanded OGME from 3 residents and 1 affiliation to over 55 residents, 4 specialties, and 15 military and civilian affiliates. He completed his work by staffing new AF policy that addresses a decades-old need: a novel pipeline that will deliver over 25 board-certified flight surgeons to the field each year.

• Chief of Medical Staff / Clearing Flight Surgeon (Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar)

  • Sep 2007 - Jan 2008



Bethel Baptist Temple

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Pastor

  • Jan 1995 - Jan 2007

  Pioneered unique concept, integrating total-person pastoral ministry with medical expertise and education. Served on elder board, and co-led congregation of several hundred. Authored two books (Moody Press, Regal Books) on integration of faith and health/medicine



Private Practice

• Family Physician

  • Jul 1993 - Jan 2007

• Family Physician

  • Jul 1992 - Jun 1993



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Family Physician

  • Nov 1990 - Jun 1992

• Commander, Aviation Medicine Clinic

  • Jul 1988 - Oct 1990

• Resident Physician, Family Medicine (Martin Army Hospital)

  • Jun 1985 - Jun 1988