Jerry Jacob, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Director of Infection Prevention & Antimicrobial Stewardship, GSPP Rehabilitation
Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control, Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Penn Medicine Rittenhouse
GSPP Rehabilitation
1800 Lombard St
Philadelphia, PA 19146
GSPP Rehabilitation
1800 Lombard St
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Education
BSE (Finance)
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, PA, 2004.
BAS (Biomedical Science)
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science, Philadelphia, PA, 2004.
MD (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2008.
MS (Epidemiology)
Temple University, Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, 2016.
Permanent linkBSE (Finance)
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, PA, 2004.
BAS (Biomedical Science)
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science, Philadelphia, PA, 2004.
MD (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2008.
MS (Epidemiology)
Temple University, Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, 2016.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Post-acute care, Clostridium difficile, Multi-drug resistant organisms, Device-associated infectionsDescription of Other Expertise
Ambulatory & Post-Acute Healthcare EpidemiologySelected Publications
Sara Keller, Jerry Jacob, Rachael Lee, Natalya Beneschott, Rebecca Stern: Call to Action: Ambulatory Infection Prevention. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology May 2026.Deepti R. Suchindran, Rachel L. Medernach, Lindsey J. Walker, Amanda Ashley, Cedar McCarthy, Asthon Self, Chris W. Bower, Ella V. Wetzel, Nidhi S. Undevia, Mary Carl Froilan, Aleksandra Kozicka, Lisa A. Duffner, Jerry Jacob, Hyungseok Oh, Pam Tolemeo, Anne Jaskowiak-Barr, Annie Taing, Sarah Lohsen, Sarah W. Satola, Wanying Shao, Samuel P. Rosen, Scott Evans, Mary K. Hayden, Scott Fridkin, Brendan J. Kelly, Michael Woodworth: Interim Enrollment and Baseline Characteristics in the Response to Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance with Containment Microbiota Therapy (REACT) Randomized Trial in Long-Term Care. ID Week 2026 2026.
Galipean, Joseph, Jacob, Jerry: Effectiveness and Feasibility of a Penicillin Allergy Delabeling Program in the Post-Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology October 2024.
Walker C, Jacob J: Reducing the Number of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections at an Acute Rehabilitation Hospital: A Quality Improvement Project. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 19(1): 1-3, May 2023.
Harrigan JJ, Hatem Abdallah H, Clarke EL, Oganisian A, Roy JA, Lautenbach E, Reesey E, Wernovsky M, Tolomeo P, Morawski Z, Jacob J, Grippi MA, Kelly BJ: Respiratory Microbiome Disruption and Risk for Ventilator-associated Lower Respiratory Tract Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases 74(9): 1564-1571, May 2022.
Dumm RE, Wing A, Richterman A, Jacob J, Glaser LJ, Rodino KG: Closing The Brief Case: A Variant on a Classic-Abiotrophia defectiva Endocarditis with Discitis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 59(10): e03093-20, October 2021.
Galipean J, Jacob J : Penicillin Allergy Delabeling Program in the Post-Acute Care Setting. ID week October 2021 Notes: Poster presentation.
Lo Re III V, Carbonari DM, Jacob J, Short WR, Leonard CE, Lyons JG, Kennedy A, Damon J, Haug N, Zhou EH, Graham DJ, McMahill-Walraven CN, Parlett LE, Nair V, Selvan M, Zhou Y, Pocobelli G, Maro JC, Nguyen MD: Validity of ICD-10-CM Diagnoses to Identify Hospitalizations for Serious Infections Among Patients Treated tith Biologic Therapies. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 30(7): 899-909, July 2021.
Harrigan JJ, Abdallah H, Clarke EL, Lautenbach E, Reesey E, Wernovsky M, Tolomeo P, Morawski Z, Jacob J, Grippi MA, Kelly BJ: Impact of Respiratory Staphylococcus Aureus Abundance on Risk for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia During Long-Term Care. ID Week October 2020 Notes: Poster presentation.
Jacob J, Morace A, Park J, Renzi N: Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Long-Term Acute Care. ID Week October 2019 Notes: Poster presentation.