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
- Breast Cancer Surgery
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Mammaprint Testing
- Radioembolization Of Breast Cancer
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Accessory Sinuses Cancer
- Anal Cancer
- Anemia
- Anemia Of Chronic Disease
- Basal Cell Carcinoma Of Skin
- Benign Neoplasm Of Kidney
- Blood Clots In Lungs
- Blood Clots In Veins
- Bone Cancer
- Bone Density Disorder
- Bone Marrow Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Cervical Cancer
- Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
- Colon Cancer
- Cutaneous Melanoma
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Essential Thrombocythemia
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Hodgkin Disease
- Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Kidney Cancer
- Malignant Neoplasm
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Cervix Uteri
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Connective And Soft Tissue
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Lymph Nodes
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Testicle
- Malignant Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Metastatic Cancer
- Multiple Myeloma
- Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
- Neoplasm Analysis
- Neoplasm Of Uncertain Behavior
- Neutropenia
- Osteoporosis
- Papillary Carcinoma Of Breast
- Personal History Of Cancer
- Polycythemia Vera
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Secondary Lymph Node Cancer
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Stomach Cancer
- Testicular Cancer
- Thrombocytopenia
- Tracheal Cancer
- Uncertain Tumors
- Venous Embolism
- Vitamin Deficiency Anemia
Procedures I perform
- After Hours Care
- Ambulatory Phlebectomy
- Antiangiogenic Therapy
- Blood Draws
- Blood Transfusion
- Bone Density Scan
- Bone Marrow Biopsy
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer Surgery
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Breast Reconstruction
- Cancer Awareness
- Cancer Rehabilitation
- Cancer Risk Assessment
- Cancer Support
- Cancer Survivorship
- Cervical Lymph Node Dissection
- Chemotherapy Administration
- Cholecystectomy
- Clinical Trials For Breast Cancer Treatment
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Diagnostic Breast Imaging
- Disease Prevention
- Factor Vii Infusion
- Genetic Counseling
- Genetic Mutation Testing
- Gynecological Cancer Screening
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Hematology Consultation
- Hepatic Artery Infusion
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hospice Care Consultation
- Immunotherapy
- Inpatient Palliative Care
- Insulin Injection
- Internal Jugular Central Line Placement
- Internal Radiation Therapy
- Intravenous (IV) Fluids
- Introduction Of Antineoplastic
- Lumpectomy
- Mammaprint Testing
- Mammography
- Mastectomy
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplant
- Muscle Injection
- Nutrition Counseling
- Oncology Consultation
- Online Therapy
- Orthopedic Urgent Care
- Pain Management Consultation
- Pain Medication Management
- Palliative Care
- Palliative Care Consultation
- Palliative Care Coordination
- Parotid Biopsy
- Pathology Consultation
- Patient Navigation
- Peer Support Groups
- Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
- Platelet Transfusion
- Radiation Therapy
- Radioembolization Of Breast Cancer
- Red Blood Cell Transfusion
- Removal Of Central Venous Access Device
- Removal Of Central Venous Catheter
- Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping
- Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
- Symptom Management Consultation
- Tumor Immunohistochemistry
- Tumor Marker Testing
- Venous Blood Collection
- Wellness Services
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
- IH-Open HMO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Choice POS II
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- First Health PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- POS OA
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-POS
- IH-EPO Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- MultiPlan, Inc
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna HMO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Beech Street PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- HighMark
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Student Resources
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- TRICARE for Life East
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Medicare FFS
- Choice POS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Network OA
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Police and Fire Clinic
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Direct
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open POS Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Sentara Health
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- HealthyBlue PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- UHC Passport
- OA Plus
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Education
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
Urgent care 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