Dr. Jesse Jacob

Jesse Thomas Jacob, MD, MSCR, is an infectious disease and hospital epidemiology specialist who serves as Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. He is Chief Quality Officer at Emory University Hospital Midtown, where he leads quality management, patient safety, performance improvement, and regulatory compliance. He also serves as Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health and Director of the Antimicrobial Assistance Program at Emory University Hospital Midtown. His clinical focus includes general infectious disease care, hospital epidemiology and infection prevention, and complex healthcare-associated and antimicrobial-resistant infections. Dr. Jacob’s research interests center on antimicrobial stewardship and diagnostic optimization, healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention, and pathogen transmission within clinical and built environments. He has been recognized as a Distinguished Physician by Emory University School of Medicine and has received the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation Mentor of the Year Award, the Emory Department of Medicine Quality Achievement Award, and the SHEA William Jarvis Award. His leadership also includes service on the SHEA/CDC Outbreak Response Training Program expert guidance panel and mentorship through the Georgia CTSA TEAMS program. Dr. Jacob earned his MD from the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency and served as Chief Resident at Cleveland Clinic Florida, followed by an infectious diseases fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine. He also earned a Master of Science in Clinical Research from Emory University.