About me
Miriam Jacobs, MD, is board-certified and fellowship-trained in medical oncology at MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. As a specialist in early and advanced breast cancers, Dr. Jacobs provides chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy, precision medicine, and clinical trials. She is also a member of the American Association of Cancer Research, the American Society of Hematology, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Dr. Jacobs’ approach to care focuses on providing individualized and holistic treatments. She begins by talking with patients to learn about their medical histories and health goals. She then collaborates with an experienced team of radiation oncologists and surgeons to develop comprehensive and tailored wellness plans. She also educates patients about natural, traditional, and state-of-the-art cancer treatments.
Dr. Jacobs is dedicated to advancing the field of precision medicine – an innovative form of care that uses people’s own cells to develop highly personalized prevention, diagnosis, and treatment options. She is particularly interested in providing hormone receptor-positive, CAR T-cell, and CAR NK-cell therapies to improve the health of breast cancer survivors. Referring physicians should know that she is available to give second opinions and discuss clinical trial opportunities.
Philosophy of care
“Research creates endless possibilities to discover new methods of treating complex diseases or enhancing people’s lives. As a clinical researcher, I’m passionate about contributing to the collection of knowledge that can lead to immediate medical solutions or future health innovations. I’m also grateful to clinical trial participants who are true healthcare pioneers and heroes.”
About the MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute
MedStar Georgetown is part of the MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute, which combines medical expertise, the latest therapies, and research across MedStar Health. Our research engine, the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, is the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in the Washington, D.C., region. This partnership means we provide access to cutting-edge clinical trials and the latest breakthroughs in cancer care.
Clinical areas of focus
- Breast Cancer Surgery
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Mammaprint Testing
- Radioembolization Of Breast Cancer
Procedures I perform
- Ambulatory Phlebectomy
- Antiangiogenic Therapy
- Blood Draws
- Blood Transfusion
- Bone Density Scan
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer Surgery
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Breast Reconstruction
- Cancer Awareness
- Cancer Rehabilitation
- Cancer Risk Assessment
- Cancer Support
- Cancer Survivorship
- Chemotherapy Administration
- Cholecystectomy
- Clinical Trials For Breast Cancer Treatment
- Diagnostic Breast Imaging
- Disease Prevention
- Factor Vii Infusion
- Genetic Counseling
- Hematology Consultation
- Hepatic Artery Infusion
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hospice Care Consultation
- Immunotherapy
- Intravenous (IV) Fluids
- Introduction Of Antineoplastic
- Mammaprint Testing
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplant
- Oncology Consultation
- Orthopedic Urgent Care
- Pain Management Consultation
- Palliative Care Consultation
- Palliative Care Coordination
- Pathology Consultation
- Patient Navigation
- Peer Support Groups
- Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
- Platelet Transfusion
- Radioembolization Of Breast Cancer
- Red Blood Cell Transfusion
- Removal Of Central Venous Access Device
- Removal Of Central Venous Catheter
- Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
- Supportive Care
- Symptom Management Consultation
- Tumor Immunohistochemistry
- Tumor Marker Testing
- Wellness Services
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Lombardi Cancer Center
Washington, DC, 20007
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
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna HMO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- First Health PPO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- TRICARE for Life East
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- POS OA
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- TRICARE East Select
- Optimum Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- UHC Passport
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- HighMark
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Navigate
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- OA Plus
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- IH-POS
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-HMO
- Choice POS
- CIGNA PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Network OA
- CareFirst EPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine (2021)
Residency: University of California San Diego (2015)
Medical School: Medical School for International Health at Ben Gurion University (2012)
Awards
- Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology (December 2019) Dean’s Scholar Award, Washington University School of Medicine (July 2022-Present)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
A Noncompetitive Inhibitor of Serotonin Transport, Acts by Stabilizing the Cytoplasmic-Facing Form of the Transporter, Journal of Biological Chemistry, August 2007
A Conformational Mechanism for Neurotransmitter Transporters, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2008
A Conserved Asparagine Residue in TM1 of the Serotonin Transporter Dictates Chloride-Coupled Neurotransmitter Transport, Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2011
Use of Low Frequency Driver Mutations Detected by Cell-Free Circulating Tumor DNA to Guide Targeted Therapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, JCO Precision Oncology, 2018
Genomic Landscape of Appendiceal Neoplasms, JCO Precision Oncology, 2018
The Use of Ruxolitinib for Acute Graft-Versus Host Disease Developing After Solid Organ Transplantation, American Journal of Transplantation, February 2020
Outcomes of Patients with Large B-Cell Lymphoma Progressing After Axicabtagene Cilolecuel Therapy, Blood, April 1, 2021
Memory-Like Differentiation Enhances NK Cell Response to Melanoma, Clinical Cancer Research, August 3, 2021
CD7 Deleted Hematopoietic Stem Cells Can Restore Immunity After CAR T-Cell Therapy, Journal of Clinical Investigation Insights, August 23, 2021
Systemic IL-15 Promotes Allogeneic Cell Rejection in Patients Treated with Natural Killer Cell Adoptive Therapy, Blood, February 24, 2022
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Donor-Derived Memory-Like NK Cells Functionally Persist After Transfer Into Patients with Leukemia, Science Translational Medicine, February 23, 2022
Severity of Cytokine Release Syndrome Influences Outcomes After Axicabtagene Ciloleucel for Large B Cell Lymphoma, Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia, October 22, 2022
Brexucabtagene Autoleucel for Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma in Standard-of-Care Practice, Journal of Clinical Oncology, December 2022