Faculty - William S. Jacobs, M.D.
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William S. Jacobs, M.D. Clinical Associate Professor |
William S. Jacobs, Jr., MD is an Associate Professor and the founding Director of the University of Florida College of Medicine Chronic Pain Clinic. Dr. Jacobs graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Georgia, attended medical school at the Medical College of Georgia, completed a residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Alabama and a fellowship in Addiction Medicine at the University of Florida.
Dr. Jacobs has developed new treatments, treated thousands of patients, and shared his expertise in peer reviewed scientific articles and presentations at national and international meetings. He was the first faculty member at the University of Florida to be a “triple board certified” expert with boards in anesthesiology, pain medicine and addiction medicine. Dr. Jacobs has mentored other anesthesiologists in pain and addiction with the goal of finding the safest and most effective pain treatment, reducing suffering and also preventing dependence.
Dr. Jacobs has been a pioneer in the use and prescription of buprenorphine (Buprenex, Suboxone and Subutex) since its release by the FDA in 1986 and 2003. He has been a co-investigator on clinical trials for the development of a FDA-approved implantable buprenorphine formulation that could last patients several months on a single dose. He is also a national mentor for physicians who have recently obtained their DEA wavier to prescribe Suboxone. Dr. Jacobs has done original research, studied and written extensively about the effects of smoke and smoking cannabis and/or tobacco. He is a frequent keynote speaker at national and international meetings.
Dr. Jacobs is a consultant to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration on the subject of prescription drug abuse and addiction. He has also testified before the United States Senate as their scientific expert on MDMA. He is the author of nearly 50 scientific articles and texts on a variety of subjects from obesity to pain and addictions.
Dr. Jacobs is considered an expert in the re-evaluation of patients with complex pain syndromes, failure to respond, or multiple pain and addiction problems. Patients fly in and drive great distances for him to re-evaluate their pain syndrome. Many of his most successful outcomes have come from patients who have already been seen and treated by multiple different specialties. He and the other members of the team then work with the patient and their support systems to adjust a comprehensive treatment regimen that results in gradual steady improvement in the patient's ability to do more of the activities of daily living which will allow them to enjoy a happier and more productive life.