Jeffrey P. Jacobs, M.D is a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics in the Congenital Heart Center at University of Florida and UF Health Shands Children's Hospital.  Previously, he served as a cardiac surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital from 1998–2019.  He was a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University. He performs both pediatric and adult congenital cardiothoracic surgery and has performed over 4200 operations.  From 2007–2018, he was the Director of the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Heart Transplantation Program, which has performed over 180 pediatric heart transplants and specialized in high-risk pediatric cardiac transplantation.  He was Director of the Andrews/Daicoff Cardiovascular Program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital from 2013–2018 and Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery from 2015–2018.

Dr. Jacobs has been a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Workforce on National Databases since 2006 (2006–2021 and 2023–today), serves as its Chair (2015 – 2019 and 2024-today), and served as its Vice-Chair (2023–today).  He also served as Chair of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Task Force from 2006 – 2014.

Dr. Jacobs is Editor–in–Chief of Cardiology in the Young, one of the most widely read journals dedicated to pediatric and congenital cardiac care.

Dr. Jacobs is Co-Chair of the 2023 World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.

Dr. Jacobs is President of the International Steering Committee of the World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.

He is 2019 Past-President of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association.

He served as Founding Chair of the Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society (CHSS) Committee on Quality Improvement and Outcomes from 2011–2019.

From 2007–2014, Dr. Jacobs served as Founding Secretary of The World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (WSPCHS).

He is the Working Group Leader of the Heart/Heart Surgery Working Group for U.S. News America's Best Children's Hospitals rankings (2015–2019 and 2021–today).

Dr. Jacobs received his medical degree from University of Miami School of Medicine.