ATLANTA—(April 15, 2008) –Building on its cardiovascular leadership, Saint Joseph’s Hospital has named W. Carl Jacobs, MD, FACC, FSCAI, executive director for Saint Joseph’s Heart and Vascular Institute Regional Development. Dr. Jacobs, formerly with Cardiac Disease Specialists of Atlanta (CDS) at Piedmont Hospital, will oversee Saint Joseph’s continued expansion into counties to the north of Atlanta including North Fulton, Cherokee, Forsyth, DeKalb, Rabun, Walton, Rockdale, White, Lumpkin, Dawson, Union, Towns, Hart, Gilmer and Fannin.
Dr. Jacobs is the third major cardiovascular specialist to join Saint Joseph’s from Piedmont in as many months, joining H. Robert Superko, MD and Spencer B. King, MD. Dr. Jacobs also joins the Medical Group of Saint Joseph’s where he will continue to see patients.
"Saint Joseph’s has a strong relationship with physicians and patients in the northern counties as we’ve been working in the region for many years,” says Kirk Wilson president and CEO of Saint Joseph’s Health System. Dr. Jacobs has been seeing patients in the northern region for 24 years and we look forward to his expertise helping us strengthen those relationships as we open our regional service centers and additional offices.”
Dr. Jacobs served as the director of cardiac catheterization and director of research at the Fuqua Heart Center and Georgia Baptist Medical Center. He also served as vice president for Cardiac Disease Specialists (CDS) from 1984 to present and served as director of research at CDS. Dr. Jacobs earned his bachelor’s degree at Mississippi State University, attended medical school at the University of Mississippi and completed his intern and residency at Georgia Baptist Medical Center. He completed his cardiology fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine where he also served as an Andreas Gruentzig Fellow at Crawford Long Hospital.
"Saint Joseph’s open working model with physicians allows me the opportunity to develop the closest personal relationship with my patients and it provides patients the freedom to choose their own doctors,” says Dr. Jacobs. “This relationship enhances my ability to keep patient care ‘first and foremost’ as the focus my practice.”
