MercedesJacobsonMD

Neurology • Philadelphia, PA

Epilepsy, Neurophysiology

Professor of Neurology Temple University School of Medicine

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Office
3509 N Broad St
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Phone+1 215-707-3040

Fax+1 215-707-8235

Summary

I am a board certified Neurologist. I completed a 2 year Epilepsy Fellowship and am boarded in EEG (ACNS) and in Clinical Neurophysiology.

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Epilepsy, 1991 - 1993
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Neurology, 1988 - 1991
Hosp of the Univ of PA1988 - 1991
Graduate HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1988
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1987

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 1989 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy
American Board of Clinical NeurophysiologyNeurophysiology/EEG

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Clinical Trials

Eslicarbazepine Acetate Monotherapy Long Term Study Start of enrollment: 2009 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 3
Efficacy and Safety of Eslicarbazepine Acetate (BIA 2-093) as Adjunctive Therapy for Refractory Partial Seizures Start of enrollment: 2008 Dec 02
Completed
Phase 3
Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of Intravenous Carbamazepine in Adults With Epilepsy Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 3
eValuation of the Efficacy and toleRability of Vimpat When Added to lEvetiracetam Start of enrollment: 2011 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 3
Phase 3 Study of Adjunctive Ganaxolone in Adults With Drug-resistant Partial Onset Seizures and Open-label Extension Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 3
A Study to Evaluate XEN1101 as Adjunctive Therapy in Focal Epilepsy Start of enrollment: 2019 Jan 30
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

13 citations
Evaluating the utility of Rapid Response EEG in emergency care.
Norah M K Wright, Evan S Madill, Derek Isenberg, Kapil Gururangan, Hannah McClellen
Emergency Medicine Journal. 2021-05-25
34 citations
Cardiovascular risk factors and homocysteine in epilepsy
John O. Elliott, Mercedes P. Jacobson, Zulfi Haneef
Epilepsy Research. 2007-09-01
32 citations
Self-efficacy, knowledge, health beliefs, quality of life, and stigma in relation to osteoprotective behaviors in epilepsy
John O. Elliott, Mercedes P. Jacobson, Brenda F. Seals
Epilepsy & Behavior. 2006-11-01

Committees

Dean's Appointee, Dean’s Advisory Committee of the TU School of Medicine 2010 - Present
Departmental Representative, Performance Improvement 2002 - Present

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Neurology - AAN
Member
American Epilepsy Society - AES
Member
Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania
Professional Advisory Board Member