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Mercedes P. Jacobson, MD

Associate Professor, Neurology

Telephone:  215-707-8910

Email: jacobsm@tuhs.temple.edu

Department of Neurology

Barnard College, Columbia University, 1982

 

MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1987

 

Residency, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1988-1991

 

Internship, Graduate Hospital of Philadelphia, 1987-1988

 

Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1991-1993

 

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Dr. Jacobson's clinical interests include care of people with intractable epilepsy as well as epilepsy in special populations including women and the elderly.  As a board certified EEG specialist, she directs the EEG lab and monitors individuals receiving continuous EEG monitoring in the video EEG monitoring unit and the intensive care unit.

Recent clinical and research interests include the role of nutrition and the importance of good health habits for people with epilepsy.

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• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology added qualification in Clinical Neurophysiology

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• American Academy of Neurology
• American Epilepsy Society
• American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, formerly the American EEG Society
• Philadelphia Neurological Society
• Epilepsy Foundation of Southeastern Pennsylvania

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Dr. Jacobson has served as principal investigator on multiple phase 3 and phase 4 clinical trials for investigational drugs for epilepsy and stroke.

Current clinical research includes the role of homocysteine in the co-morbidities of epilepsy as well as osteoporosis recognition and prevention in epilepsy.  Expanding and appropriate uses for antiepileptic drugs is an active research interest.

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Jacobson MP.  Status Epilepticus.  In: The Pocket Doctor.  Sherman M, Schulman S, eds.  Educational Communication, 1999.  Revised, 2001.

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Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

18330406. Elliott JO, Seals BF, Jacobson MP, Osteoprotective knowledge in a multiethnic epilepsy population. J Neurosci Nurs 40:1(14-24, 39)2008 Feb

17714918. Elliott JO, Jacobson MP, Haneef Z, Cardiovascular risk factors and homocysteine in epilepsy. Epilepsy Res 76:2-3(113-23)2007 Sep

17446092. Elliott JO, Seals BF, Jacobson MP, Use of the Precaution Adoption Process Model to examine predictors of osteoprotective behavior in epilepsy. Seizure 16:5(424-37)2007 Jul

17110134. Elliott JO, Jacobson MP, Haneef Z, Homocysteine and bone loss in epilepsy. Seizure 16:1(22-34)2007 Jan

16935031. Elliott JO, Jacobson MP, Seals BF, Self-efficacy, knowledge, health beliefs, quality of life, and stigma in relation to osteoprotective behaviors in epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 9:3(478-91)2006 Nov

16249123. Elliott JO, Jacobson MP, Bone loss in epilepsy: barriers to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Epilepsy Behav 8:1(169-75)2006 Feb

15824360. Luo JJ, Jacobson M, Kamal AK, Azizi SA, Ethmoid abscess with findings simulating Weber syndrome. Neurology 64:7(1266)2005 Apr 12

12531946. Husain AM, Horn GJ, Jacobson MP, Non-convulsive status epilepticus: usefulness of clinical features in selecting patients for urgent EEG. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 74:2(189-91)2003 Feb

11734101. Jacobson MP, Epilepsy in Aging Populations. Curr Treat Options Neurol 4:1(19-30)2002 Jan

10448828. Faught E, Morris G, Jacobson M, French J, Harden C, Montouris G, Rosenfeld W, Adding lamotrigine to valproate: incidence of rash and other adverse effects. Postmarketing Antiepileptic Drug Survey (PADS) Group. Epilepsia 40:8(1135-40)1999 Aug

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• Program Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship

• Mentors many residents and students, enabling them to complete resident research day projects.

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