MichaelDuaneJacobsonDOMPH(He/Him)

Summary

• A graduate of Seattle Pacific University and Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Jacobson began his medical career by completing a family medicine residency at Martin Army Hospital. After training, he remained on faculty and as a flight surgeon with a Black Hawk Medevac unit (498th Air Ambulance Co.), leading Fort Benning’s Aviation Medicine Clinic with honors. He finished his military tour at Fort Campbell (KY), then separated from the Army in 1992. Three years later, Dr. Jacobson became Medical Director to both a national private cost-sharing network (over 400,000 members sharing $6B annually) and to a faith-based residential addiction treatment program, where he also became certified in addiction medicine (2004) and launched a successful outpatient opioid treatment program (2005).
  
  In 2006, Dr. Jacobson was recruited back to active duty in the USAF, deploying as a flight surgeon to the Middle East, where he led an expeditionary medical force as their Chief of Medical Staff and was awarded the Air Medal for missions flown in combat. In leadership positions as a flight commander and Chief of Medical Staff, Dr. Jacobson overhauled multiple flight and executive medicine programs at Langley and Whiteman AFB, playing key roles in Outstanding and Excellent scores on Operational Readiness and Health Services Inspections.
  
  In 2013, Colonel Jacobson became the inaugural Director for the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine’s Operational Graduate Medical Education (OGME) program. Before his retirement in 2019, Colonel Jacobson’s vision, creativity, and unique ability to build collaborative alliances expanded OGME from 3 residents to 55 and from 1 to 15 military and civilian affiliates, resulting in a novel training pipeline.
  
  Dr. Jacobson's understanding of human nature and success in implementing the discoveries of Jim Collins (Good to Great), David Allen (GTD), and others have made him a sought-after coach by business and executive leadership teams.