David Jacobs, MD FACS

David G. Jacobs, MD is a trauma and acute-care surgeon, and the Vice-Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Department of Surgery at Atrium Health-Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. He also serves as the Medical Director of Atrium’s Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program. Dr. Jacobs grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, earned his undergraduate degree from Williams College in Massachusetts, and his medical degree from Cornell Medical College in New York City. He completed his surgical training back home in Cleveland, and then a Trauma Surgery/Surgical Critical Care fellowship in Baltimore, Maryland, before ultimately relocating to Charlotte in 1995, where he has lived and practiced since. Dr. Jacobs’ current responsibilities include teaching, research, patient care, and way too many administrative tasks. Closely related to his career as a trauma surgeon is his interest in violence prevention, reflecting his belief that today’s surgeons must also address the ethical, social and political issues that so greatly affect the overall health and well-being of the patients for whom they provide care.

Critical Care

Trauma/Injury Procedures

• abdominal injuries
• blunt trauma
• bronchoscopy
• chest injuries
• cricothyroidotomy
• intestine injuries
• liver injury
• neck injuries
• stomach injuries
• tracheotomy
• Trauma/Injury Procedures
• vascular injuries

Carolinas Med Ctr (Charlotte).

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, NC

Professor