JamesW.JakubMD
General Surgery • Jacksonville, FLBreast, Melanoma, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Professor of Surgery Division of Surgical Oncology
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Office
4500 San Pablo Rd S
Jacksonville, FL 32224Phone+1 904-953-2000
Summary
- Dr Jakub is a high volume surgical oncologist, with a primary focus on breast cancer and melanoma.
Dr Jakub has been an early adopter and championed dissemination of a number of novel surgical innovations. He has been recognized by receiving the Mayo Clinic Innovation in Education Award and Outstanding Course Directors for our Radioguided Breast Surgery course which has trained over 500 individuals; many of them adopting this new procedure into clinical practice. He is a leader in disseminating the novel technique of minimally invasive inguinal lymph node dissection for melanoma, for which he lead a 12 site multi-institutional trial melanoma. Dr Jakub is currently PI on a prospective trial investigating the role of axillary reverse mapping and lympho-venous bypass at the time of axillary lymph node dissection with the goal of preventing one of the greatest fears patients have of the operation, lymphedema. He is actively exploring the role of robotic breast surgery. He is the course director for a Mayo Clinic CME course Innovation, Disruptive Technologies and Early Adopters in Breast Cancer Care: Tomorrows Technologies Today as well as a co-course director for the highly successful Mayo Clinic Annual Practical Course in Dermoscopy & Update on Malignant Melanoma.
He feels very fortunate to be working in a physician lead organization with a large clinical volume, significant institutional infrastructure and a collaborative team approach whose primary value is the needs of the patients come first.
Clinical Expertise
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy, Melanoma, Breast cancer, Lymphadenectomy
Education & Training
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research InstituteFellowship, Breast Surgical Oncology, 2001 - 2002
Prisma Health/University of South Carolina SOM Columbia (Columbia)Residency, Surgery, 1995 - 2000
MCP-Hahnemann College of MedicineClass of 1995
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2002 - 2026
MN State Medical License 2008 - 2025
SC State Medical License 1996 - 2003- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Outstanding Course Directors Award - 15th Annual Practical Course in Dermoscopy and Update on Malignant Melanoma Mayo Clinic, 2021
- 2013 J. Bradley Aust Award Western Surgical Association, 2013
- Outstanding Course Directors - Radioactive Seed Localized Breast Surgery Mayo Clinic, 2012
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Clinical Trials
- Minimally Invasive Groin Dissection for Melanoma Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
- Second Echelon Node Study With Methylene Blue Start of enrollment: 2013 Apr 01
- Preventing Lymphedema in Axillary Lymph Node Dissection Start of enrollment: 2018 Apr 10
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Rare Presentation of Papillary Carcinoma Within a Sentinel Lymph Node in a Patient With Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast: A Challenging but Useful Case Report Di...Fnu Sonam, Miglena K Komforti, James W Jakub, Lauren F Cornell, Kristin A Robinson
International Journal of Surgical Pathology. 2024-12-01 - 2 citationsLymphedema Rates Following Axillary Lymph Node Dissection With and Without Immediate Lymphatic Reconstruction: A Prospective Trial.James W Jakub, Judy C Boughey, Tina J Hieken, Mara Piltin, Antonio Jorge Forte
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024-10-01 - Dose Deintensified 3-Day Photon, Proton, or Brachytherapy: A Nonrandomized Controlled Partial Breast Irradiation Trial.Robert W Mutter, Michael A Golafshar, Matthew R Buras, Bryce P Comstock, Maddi Jacobson
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2024-09-17
Journal Articles
- Decreasing Use of Axillary Dissection in Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant ChemotherapyJames W Jakub, Amy C Degnim, Tina J Hieken, Judy C Boughey, Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Breast Cancer Litigation in the 21st CenturyJames W Jakub, Martin D Zielinski, Brittany L Murphy, Annals of Surgical Oncology
Press Mentions
Thursday's Health Report: New Therapy for Advanced MelanomaOctober 3rd, 2024- Mayo Clinic Minute: What Is TIL Therapy?September 17th, 2024
- Federal Health Agency Awards University of Illinois over $50M to Improve Tumor Treatment, R&DAugust 27th, 2024
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Committees
- Corporate Relations Committee, American Society of Breast Surgeons 2022 - Present
- Board Member, Mayo Clinic eTumor Steering Committee 2020 - Present
- Program Committee Member, Western Surgical Association 2019 - Present
- Editorial Board Member - Melanoma Section, Annals of Surgical Oncology 2018 - Present
- Editorial Board Member - Melanoma Section, Journal of Surgical Oncology 2016 - Present
- Committee Member, Department of Surgery, Program Evaluation Committee - Mayo Clinic 2016 - 2021
- Data Safety Monitoring Board Member, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center 2016 - 2018
- Complex General Surgical Oncology Examination Consultant, American Board of Surgery 2014 - 2018
- Committee Member, Mayo Clinic Breast Cancer Steering Committee 2014 - 2018
- President, Minnesota Surgical Society - MN Chapter ACS 2013 - 2015
- Committee Member, Clinical Practice Committee - Mayo Clinic 2012 - 2017
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Society of Surgical Oncology - SSOMember
- Member
External Links
- Bio page Mayo Clinichttps://www.mayoclinic.org/biographies/jakub-james-w-m-d/bio-20055124
- Breast Innovation Coursehttps://ce.mayo.edu/surgical-specialties/content/breast-cancer-care-innovation-disruptive-technologies-and-early-adopters-2022
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