Charlotte D. Jacobs, M.D. is the Ben and A. Jess Shenson Professor of Medicine (Emerita) at Stanford University. A native of Kingsport, Tennessee, she graduated from the University of Rochester and studied medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. As a professor at Stanford University, she engaged in teaching, cancer research, and patient care. She has served as Senior Associate Dean and as Director of the Clinical Cancer Center. Her academic honors include election to Phi Beta Kappa, Kaiser Foundation Award for Innovative and Outstanding Contributions to Medical Education, Rambar Award for Excellence in Clinical Care, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from Washington University. She has published ninety scientific articles and three books which reflect her cancer and medical education research. She currently cares for veterans with cancer at the Palo Alto Veterans Medical Center.Jacobs's first biography, Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin’s Disease, was published in 2010.
Here the author shares her choice to play the lead in an adaptation of her new biography, Jonas Salk: A Life:
Alan Arkin would have been perfect to play the role of Jonas Salk a decade ago. Today, I think Kevin Spacey would be a good choice.Visit Charlotte Jacobs's website.
--Marshal Zeringue