About me
★★★★★ 4.8 stars on Healthgrades
“Dr. Jacobs is truly an outstanding surgeon! I had my left total hip replacement done in 2017, very successful…and then my right total hip replacement this past Jan. 8, 2019. And now I am walking with no more pain and no restrictions whatsoever. … It is so exciting to walk freely again…no more walker, no more cane, no more pain!!! He tells you everything honestly immediately, shows you the x-rays, explains the process. I was especially nervous on my first hip surgery…Dr. Jacobs took special care with me because of this. …I cannot recommend him any more highly. Don’t hesitate to select him.” – verified patient
Michael A. Jacobs, MD, is a top-ranked, nationally recognized leader in hip and knee replacement surgery, with more than 35 years’ experience in orthopedic surgery, teaching and prosthetic development.
For more than 25 years, Dr. Jacobs has been Head Orthopedic Surgeon for the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. He is a member of several prestigious professional societies including the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and American Orthopedic Association. Dr. Jacobs is a board-certified surgeon who graduated from the Harvard orthopedic program and has been part of the orthopedic staff at Johns Hopkins since 1985.
His areas of specialty are robotic total and partial knee replacement surgery, traditional partial and total knee replacement surgery, arthroscopic knee surgery, hip replacement surgery, minimally invasive hip replacement surgery from the anterior approach, hip resurfacing, and revision knee and hip surgery. He has performed over 7,000 joint replacement procedures. As a leader in his field, Dr. Jacobs was among the first in Maryland to perform robotic total knee replacement surgery with the Mako robot. He operates at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
It is essential that patients with hip or knee pain partner with a physician with expert knowledge of the most advanced techniques, so they can advise the patient on the proper path.
Clinical areas of focus
- Anterior Hip Replacement
- Arthritis Of Knee
- Computer Assisted Knee Replacement
- Hip Arthritis
- Partial Knee Replacement
- Robotic Hip Surgery
- Total Hip Replacement
- Total Hip Revision
- Total Knee Replacement
- Total Knee Revision
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acetabular Fracture
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
- Arthritis Of Knee
- Arthrofibrosis Of The Knee
- Articular Cartilage Microfracture
- Avascular Necrosis Of Hip
- Avascular Necrosis Of The Knee
- Bucket Handle Meniscus Tear
- Bursitis Of The Hip
- Cartilage Damage Of Hip
- Chondromalacia
- Deconditioned Knee
- Degenerative Joint Disease Of The Hip
- Degenerative Joint Disease Of The Knee
- Discoid Meniscus
- Gluteal Injury
- Gluteus Medius Tear
- Hip Arthritis
- Hip Click
- Hip Dislocation
- Hip Fracture
- Hip Impingement
- Hip Injury
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain
- Hip Pain Over Age 60
- Hip Rotator Cuff Tear
- Hip Sprain
- Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome
- Instability After A Total Knee Replacement
- Jumper's Knee
- Knee Click
- Knee Clunk Syndrome
- Knee Dislocation
- Knee Fracture
- Knee Growth Plate Fracture
- Knee Growth Plate Injury
- Knee Injury
- Knee Instability
- Knee Pain
- Knee Pain For Patients Aged 60 And Older
- Knee Tendonitis
- Knock Knee Deformity
- Lateral Collateral Ligament Tear
- Lesions Of Popliteal Nerve
- Lesions Of Posterior Tibial Nerve
- Locking Knee
- Loose Body In The Hip
- Loose Body In The Knee
- Loosening Of A Total Hip Replacement
- Loosening Of A Total Knee Replacement
- Medial Collateral Ligament Injury Of The Knee
- Meniscus Injury
- Meniscus Tear
- Multiple Ligament Knee Injury
- Osteochondral Lesions
- Osteochondral Lesions Of The Lower Extremities
- Osteochondritis Of The Knee
- Osteolysis
- Osteonecrosis Of The Knee
- Pain After A Total Knee Replacement
- Patella Dislocation
- Patella Injury
- Patellar Instability
- Patellar Tendon Rupture
- Patellofemoral Arthritis
- Patellofemoral Injury
- Patellofemoral Syndrome
- Periprosthetic Femur Fracture
- Popliteal Cyst
- Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Tear
- Posterolateral Corner Injury
- Prosthetic Joint Infection Of The Hip
- Prosthetic Joint Infection Of The Knee
- Pseudarthrosis Of The Tibia
- Pubic Symphysis Fracture
- Pubic Symphysis Separation
- Recurrent Dislocation Of A Total Hip Replacement
- Snapping Hip Syndrome
- Stiffness After A Total Knee Replacement
- Tibial Spine Fracture
- Tibial Tendonitis
Procedures I perform
- 2 Stage Revision Of Hip Replacement
- 2 Stage Revision Of Knee Replacement
- Acetabular Surgery
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair Revision
- Anterior Hip Replacement
- Arthrodesis Of The Knee
- Arthroscopy Of Knee
- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
- Cartilage Transplant
- Computer Assisted Hip Surgery
- Computer Assisted Knee Replacement
- Damaged Knee Cartilage Removal
- Direct Anterior Total Hip Replacement
- Distal Femoral Osteotomy
- Femoral Osteotomy
- Fibulectomy
- High Tibial Osteotomy
- Hip Joint Debridement
- Hip Joint Injection
- Hip Joint Preservation Surgery
- Hip Rotator Cuff Repair
- Hip Surgery
- Hyaluronic Acid Injection
- Joint Preservation Surgery
- Knee Arthroplasty
- Knee Cartilage Repair
- Knee Fusion
- Knee Injection
- Knee Joint Preservation
- Knee Microfracture Surgery
- Knee Realignment
- Knee Stabilization
- Knee Surgery
- Knee Tendon Repair
- Lateral Collateral Ligament Repair
- Makoplasty
- Medial Collateral Ligament Repair
- Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction
- Meniscal Surgery
- Meniscectomy
- Meniscus Tear Repair
- Meniscus Transplant
- Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
- Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement
- Multiple Ligament Reconstruction
- Osteochondral Allograft
- Osteochondral Autograft
- Partial Hip Replacement
- Partial Knee Replacement
- Patella Realignment
- Patellofemoral Arthroplasty
- Patient Specific Instrumentation
- Periacetabular Osteotomy
- Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injection Of The Hip
- Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injection Of The Knee
- Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Repair
- Posterior Hip Replacement
- Reconstruction Of Hip
- Reconstructive Knee Surgery
- Removal Of Hip Prosthesis
- Removal Of Knee Prosthesis
- Resurfacing Of Acetabulum
- Resurfacing Of Hip
- Retrograde Drilling Avascular Necrosis
- Robotic Hip Surgery
- Robotic Knee Surgery
- Robotic Partial Knee Replacement
- Surgery For Arthritis
- Synovectomy Of Knee
- Tendon Repair Surgery
- Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy
- Total Hip Replacement
- Total Hip Replacement, Age Greater Than 50
- Total Hip Replacement, Age Less Than 50
- Total Hip Revision
- Total Knee Replacement
- Total Knee Replacement, Age Greater Than 50
- Total Knee Replacement, Age Less Than 50
- Total Knee Revision
- Viscosupplementation
Practice locations
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5601 Loch Raven Boulevard Russell Morgan Bldg Ste 405 Baltimore, MD, 21239
443-444-4764Fax 443-444-4725
3333 North Calvert Street Johnston Professional Bldg Ste 400 Baltimore, MD, 21218
443-444-4764Fax 410-751-9354
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Cigna HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- Opoen HMO Option
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- PPO and PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Open EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Network OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Open POS II
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Tricare Prime
- FIRST HEALTH
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
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Education
Fellowship Program: MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (1987)
Fellowship Program: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1985)
Residency Program: Massachusetts General Hospital (1985)
Fellowship Program: Brigham and Womens Hospital (1985)
Residency Program: Brigham and Womens Hospital (1985)
Residency Program: Boston Childrens Hospital (1984)
Residency Program: Bryn Mawr Hospital (1981)
Internship Program: Medical College of Pennsylvania (1980)
Medical School: Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons (1979)