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Jerome Zacks, MD, Cardiology, Seaford, DE, The Mount Sinai Hospital

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Cardiology • Seaford, DE

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Non-Invasive Cardiology

Cardiology/Carcinoid Heart Disease at the Carcinoid Heart Center

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Summary

  • Biography

    Jerome Zacks, MD, is a Cardiologist/Carcinoid Specialist, in private practice from June 1979 until December 2021. A graduate of Harvard College, Wayne State University Medical School, and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology as well as the American College of Chest Physicians. Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Icahn Medical School at Mount Sinai in New York City and a founding member of the Center for Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumors at the Icahn Medical School. He has served as an expert witness in NY and NJ courts, serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation; served as a Board member for 1120 Park Corporation. Dr. Zacks currently heads the Electrocardiography course for the 4th Year Medical Student elective at the Mt. Sinai Medical Center which has resulted in an international reputation among students seeking Cardiology training in the United States. He has been designated repeatedly by his peers as a member of the top 5% of New York doctors and, since 2018, the #1 Cardiologist in New York, by HealthTap, Inc, an internationally acclaimed patient help/consult website. Dr. Zacks has expertise in matters of health care Insurance Carriers' theft of funds from the Medicare program, has studied patterns of abuse in the Medicaid program and has extensive knowledge of Pharmaceutical company abusive practices. He has devoted a major part of his time to the care of cancer patients with cardiovascular problems. He has served as a member of the Guidelines Committees of the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) and of the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS). In his role as patients' physician, he has attempted to remove barriers of communication. His business card includes his personal mobile phone number as well as his email address and website information, and he encourages his patients to use the phone for immediate answers to any urgent matter.

Education & Training

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1974 - 1976
  • Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
    Lincoln Medical and Mental Health CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1970 - 1973
  • Wayne State University School of Medicine
    Wayne State University School of MedicineClass of 1970
  • Harvard University
    Harvard UniversityB.A., Cum Laude, 1961 - 1965

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1976 - Present
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1971 - 2025
  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License Active through 1988
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Top Doctor In New York Award Certificate Health Tap, 2013
  • Super Doctors of NY 2009
  • The Best Doctors in America 2005
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • An Analysis of Global Research Trends in Cardiology over the Last Two Decades  
    Rohit Kapoor, Soumya Sachdeva, Jerome Zacks, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 1/1/2015
  • Early and Late Results of Valvular Surgery for Carcinoid Heart Disease  
    Javier G. Castillo, Farzan Filsoufi, Parwis B. Rahmanian, Anelechi Anyanwu,Jerome S. Zacks, Richard R.P. Warner, and David H. Adams, J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., 1/1/2008
  • Ultrasonography of Splenic Infarct September-October 1981  
    Hsu-Chong Yeh MD, Jerome S Zacks MD and Roy Jurado MD, Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, NY, Vol 48, No. 5, 9/1981
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Integrated Safety Analysis of Telotristat Ethyl in Patients with Carcinoid Heart Disease
    Pablo Lapuerta, Matthew H. Kulke, Marianne Pavel, Talia Biran, Rosanna Fleming, Jerome S. Zacks, Philipp Ho manns, Richard R.P. Warner, ENETS meetings, 1/1/2017
  • Early Recurrence of Carcinoid Valvulopathy after Valve Replacement
    Zacks JS, Castillo J, Warner RRP, Canovas E, Lavine R, Adams, D, 2014 European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society and North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society meetings, ENETS meeting/Barcelona; NANETS meeting/Nashville, 3/2014
  • Early Recurrence of Carcinoid Valvulopathy after Valve Replacement
    Zacks JS, Canovas E, Lavine R, Warner RRP, ENETS meetings, 1/1/2014
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Lectures

  • Update: Telotristat in Carcinoid Heart Disease 
    Beaver Creek, CO - 1/23/2017
  • Biomarkers in NETs 
    Beaver Creek, CO - 1/25/2016
  • Luncheon with the Experts 
    1/4/2014
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Other

  • Uniform Standard of Care for Physicians – stop HMO and Insurance Carrier Abuse! 
  • Members of Congress and the President of the United States: Put an end to HMO and Insurance Carrier Abuse of patients by Denying Care 

    Change.org

Press Mentions

  • Poll of 4,500 Clinicians: How Much Time Do You Spend With Your Patients?
    Poll of 4,500 Clinicians: How Much Time Do You Spend With Your Patients?January 9th, 2023
  • F-factor Announces the Creation of Its "Correct the Record" Website
    F-factor Announces the Creation of Its "Correct the Record" WebsiteSeptember 10th, 2020
  • F-factor Founder Tanya Zuckerbrot, MS, RD, Appeared on NBC's TODAY Show to Set the Record Straight on Her Fiber and Health-Focused Diet
    F-factor Founder Tanya Zuckerbrot, MS, RD, Appeared on NBC's TODAY Show to Set the Record Straight on Her Fiber and Health-Focused DietAugust 28th, 2020
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Committees

  • Member, GI NETS Guidelines Committee (NANETS) 2016 - 2017
  • Member, Carcinoid Heart Disease Guidelines Committee (ENETS) 2015 - 2017

Professional Memberships

  • European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society
    Member
  • North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society
    Member

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Hospital Affiliations

Industry Relationships

  • Advisory Board Member, Lexicon PharmaceuticalsAD-Board memberDisclosure: Lecturing for Xermelo2015 - 2017

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