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Kristin M. Jacobs, MD

Kristin Jacobs, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, RUSH Medical College
Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
Research Areas

Female urinary microbiome, Patient’s perceptions of peri-operative events, Patient counseling and informed consent, Patient decision aids

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Biography

Kristin Jacobs, MD is an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. Her clinical interests include medical and surgical management of urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, pelvic organ prolapse, complex obstetrical lacerations and fistulae. She has expertise in vaginal, laparoscopic and robotic surgery. Her research interests focus on the female urinary microbiome and patient decision aids. Jacobs is also committed to pursuits in Global Health and participates in an annual fistula mission to Rwanda with the International Organization for Women and Development. She is conversationally-fluent in Spanish and has worked in women’s health clinics in South America. Jacobs holds national leadership positions in the Society for Gynecologic Surgeons and in the American Urogynecologic Society.

Honors and Activities

2013: American Urogynecologic Society Resident Research Scholar

2015: Outstanding Senior Resident Educator, Loyola University Medical Center

2016/2017/2018: Excellence in Teaching – Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

2018: Society for Gynecologic Surgeon’s Prize Paper – “Patients’ Knowledge and Preferences for Hysterectomy Route”

Publications

Microorganisms Identified in the Maternal Bladder: Discovery of the Maternal Bladder Microbiota Jacobs K, Thomas-White K, Hilt E, Wolfe A, Waters T
AJP Rep 2017; 07(03): e188-e196 PMID: 28970961

The FPRN: Prioritizing the trainee in gynecologic surgery Jacobs K and Lowenstein L
OBG Management. 2017; 29(5): SS12-SS13.

Incontinence Medication Response Relates to the Female Urinary Microbiota. Thomas-White K, Hilt E, Fok C, Pearce M, Mueller E, Kliethermes S, Jacobs K, Zilliox M, Brincat C, Price T, Kuffel G, Schreckenberger P, Gai X, Brubaker L, Wolfe A
International Urogynecology Journal, 2016 May;27(5):723-33.
PMID: 26423260

Outcomes and Complications in 450 Women who underwent Minimally Invasive Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Mueller M, Jacobs K, Mueller B, Abernethy M, Kenton K.
Journal of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, 2016.
PMID 27054799

Perceptions of Post-Hysterectomy Cystoscopy in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Programs Jacobs K, Hernandez L, Thomas TN, Waddell L, Kavic S, Graziano S. Journal of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, 21(2): 66-9, 2015. PMID 25349938

Grants

2016-2019
Pelvic Floor Disorders Research Foundation Grant
American Urogynecologic Association/Interstitial Cystitis Association “Female Urinary Microbiome in Patients with Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome”

2016-2018
Society for Gynecologic Surgeons - Fellows’ Pelvic Research Network Award
“Patients’ Knowledge and Preferences regarding Route of Hysterectomy”

Invited Presentations

A Clinician’s Guide to the Female Urinary Microbiome,
Seminar, University of California – San Diego, La Jolla, CA. December 2017
Grand Rounds, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center – Lebanon, NH. February 2018

Functional and Behavior Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence, ABOG Fellows Review Lecture Division of Urogynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Women & Infants’ Hospital, Providence, RI. March 2016.

Surgical Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence, ABOG Fellows Review Lecture Division of Urogynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Women & Infants’ Hospital, Providence, RI. January 2016.

Introduction to Female Pelvic Surgery for Physical Therapists, Women’s Health Core Lecture University of Rhode Island Physical Therapy Department, Kingston, RI. October 2015.

Female Pelvic Anatomy, ABOG Fellows Review Lecture
Division of Urogynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Women & Infants’ Hospital, Providence, RI. September 2015.

Shared Decision Making in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grand Rounds, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL. June 2015.

Maternal Urinary Microbiome, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL. May 2015.

Urinary Incontinence: Guide for the Primary Care Provider, Grand Rounds, Gottlieb Hospital, Melrose Park, IL. November 2014.