Jessica R Jacob, MD

whoever H C is, they must be confusing this doctor with someone else. Dr. Jessica Jacob is the most patient, caring doctor that I know. She cares about her patients, and is there when you need her. David Jacob– the CEO of her practice– is also beyond patient. The staff are so friendly. I highly recommend her to everybody.

Dr. Jacob delivered both of my children. I’ve been her patient for 26 years, and I think she is an incredibly good doctor. She does have a huge practice, but she always manages to keep the details in her head, of me and every other patient. It is amazing. I’ve asked her how she does it and she basically said her family and her patients are her whole life. She is super intelligent, warm, engaging, involved and the best doctor I have EVER had. I love Dr. Jacob.

Wonderful doctor! Amazing at what she does but extremely long wait in her office. They tend to over book their patients and you end up waiting for over an hour.

to help out those who posted bad reviews about Dr. Jessica Jacob– she is by far the best OBGYN in America. She is so dedicated to her job and cares so much about her patients. She only wants whats best for the patient. She happens to be very good friends with Victor Rosenberg. Dr. Jacob would drop whatever she’s doing at home if a patient needed her help. She would never go on vacation because she «doesn’t want to miss any deliveries». She is always there when you need her. H.C. & Jen Z — i don’t know who you are, but it is so insensitive of you to write down what you did. Dr. Jessica Jacob miraculously manages to care for her family and care for her patients. I have never met any other doctor who is as calm, and caring as Dr. Jessica Jacob. She doesn’t want to go anywhere outside of America and she is only willing to go out of state for maximum 3 days becares she cares so much about her patients.

Dr. Jacob seems like a nice person, however she seems very rushed. Therefore, Dr. Jacob is NOT the doctor for someone who has or may have anything atypical about her pregnancy. I am having a difficult pregnancy and will probably miscarry and I am wishing I was with a practice that had more than one doctor. At my first visit when there was no heartbeat detected, Dr. Jacob was so busy she didn’t take blood. I am left trying to navigate this on my own, as even calling in for a sonogram prescription has me waiting for on hold for 10 solid minutes, so far.

Dr. Jessica Jacob is by far the worst doctor I have encountered in my life. I have worked for doctors myself so I understand a lot of the issues and misunderstandings that can happen between a patient, a medical office/​medical care providers — and I still believe that the «care» that Dr. Jacob provides is poor. I have a history of early first trimester miscarriages (most recent ones under her watch) and the general feeling I got was that she didn’t want to deal with me. Right from the start she didn’t feel that my history was anything that required her attention, even though each time I got pregnant again I reminded her — and it always seemed a surprise for her (doesn’t she review patient history before coming into the exam room? For my most recent pregnancy, she absolutely refused to see me before 8 weeks, which I already know is too late to either do anything to prevent nor gain any vital information about my miscarriages. I begged her office to do a blood test to check my progesterone and let me make an appointment to see her. After they finally obliged, she had her receptionist call me back: She saw that my labs come back normal and then cancelled my appointment and rescheduled it for 8 weeks without ever confirming it with me. By the way, I ended up losing this pregnancy as well at 5 weeks, well before she would ever see me, and I have since taken my medical records and gone to another doctor who IS willing to see their patients.
Look — I know she is a popular obstetrician and she has a lot of normal pregnant women to attend to. Her packed waiting room and astronomically long wait even with an appointment is proof that many women go to her and trust her with their pregnancy and delivery. But if you have any kind of high-​risk or out of the norm obstetric history, I STRONGLY URGE you to look elsewhere. I lost 2 pregnancies while in her care and during no point in my visits (when she would actually agree to see me) did I ever feel she actually cared. Pregnancy is hard enough. Add onto that the fear of repeat miscarriage and a doctor who just doesn’t give you any consideration and it’s a recipe for heartache and disaster. Do yourself a favor and find an OB who makes time for you because you and your unborn child deserve better.

She is so patient. She cares so much about her patients. I do not know who wrote the review stating that Dr. Jacob said «you are an idiot», but whoever did might be thinking of a different doctor. Dr. Jacob would NEVER EVER say that to or about the patient. I highly recommend her to anybody who is looking for the perfect obgyn!

She has a huge following be prepared to wait ! Dr. Jacob was a referral from my High Risk Maternal fetal Medicine doctor dr. Victor Rosenberg who is the head of that division at LIJ.
I was a high risk patient because of my past pregnancy history with Preeclampsia. I had a horrible experience with a midwife and mfm with my last pregnancy. I did not want to make the same mistake again with poor support.
At first when I did research on Dr. Jacob I was a little taken back by some of the reviews I read. Honestly if you read the 1 negative review on this page it sounds like the patient was not getting what she wanted and would rather risk the health of her child than listen to the warnings of Dr. Jacob. I can tell you I did not witness any of this type of behavior from her. When I first met her in August of 2013 I was 9 weeks pregnant and told her my concerns and my desire to have a VBAC. Dr. Jacob does have a low c section rate and thus supported and was excited for this possibility.
I went to see her and her wonderful staff every month. Her nurses are fantastic, approachable and friendly individuals. Some days it was crowded or standing room, but there is a reason for that she is great at what she does. I maybe waited once out of the 9 months over 40 min.
There were some instances of emergencies during my pregnancy. One month my nose bleed horribly and I called her from my job, her office assistants made sure they got a hold of me at work to see how I was doing. After that incident I was then put on bed rest and watched closely right away. Each week I would go in to see her, however since I was on bed rest her staff knew I couldn’t be sitting for to long (due to a blood pressure spike in my body) and I was able to go ahead of everyone and to do my quick visits. Again, every staff member was always busy working but they were super nice, respectful and wonderful. She did work with my MFM doctor figuring out plans and she would contact him weekly and everyone always had the paperwork they needed to treat me. I even had my own disability paperwork I needed for my job filled out, always done within a day and returned to me. This staff is on task, on par and some of the best I have seen.
When I would see her in the room she was to the point, answered any questions. She never rushed me out. For people who said she is washed out. Seriously??? All I see here is an intellegent woman who loves what she does for a living. That takes commitment and work to deliver all her patients !! I know I couldn’t work the shifts she puts in. She is well kept and looks highly presentable to me.
When my pregnancy was in week 39 and progressing slowly there was some worry so I was checked in on more and finally learned that my amino fluids were a low 1. I was admitted to the hospital to be put on pitocin and given a foley balloon. Guess who was there ?? Dr. Jacob, I had seen her 10:30 am that day it was about 11 pm at night. I had a long and hard labor, she wanted me to have VBAC so badly but my body just was not ready. She broke my water and membranes, tried everything for me to get my VBAC. My Son’s heart rate was suffering because the labor was long =8 hours, I was not on any painkillers. Finally I saw Dr. jacob and told her I didn’t’ want to feel like a failure by getting an epidural. She said «laura you have been through a lot, 8 hours of laboring your pregnancy is not a normal one. if you need to please do it «so I did it. I felt relief » I found out that my cervix was not past 4 cm. Each time a new procedure was done, Dr. Jacob would give my body time to react. When my amino fluids hit a big zero, Jacob had placed fluid in my uterus to help out the dryness. this did not work either. The baby just needed to come out, I knew a c section was going to happen. Dr. Jacob was going to give it another hour (it being my cervix) but she ran back in and went laura «we need a healthy baby, if we keep on going you could have uterine rupture, your babies heart rate is dropping, we need to do a c section» So I understood and was relieved we tried but saw how bad things were. The section was done in an hour for such an involved surgery I was curious and was interested to listen in on the surgery as it was being performed. At the end of the time it was 6am, Dr. Jacob was with me from about 9pm thurs to 6pm Friday the next day. She has followed up with me in the hospital, talking kindly and recently followed up with me today to check in.
I also had a doula with me, she worked very well with and supported the use of a doula!
Seriously this Doctor is a Gem and if pregnancy was easy for me I would certainly get pregnant again to have another fantastic experience. Please, Please take the negative reviews as a grain of salt, more people will complain rather than say nice things. I so want other pregnant woman to have a positive experience with their OB and that is why I have taken the tim

Dr. Jacob just delivered our beautiful baby girl and we could not be more pleased with her demeanor and professionalism in the delivery room. From what I hear, she has one of the lowest c-​section rates.

I absolutely LOVE Dr. Jacob. She is experienced, knowledgeable and highly respected in the medical community, Her staff is amazing as well.
She is definitely the best gynecologist & obstetrician out there!

She is an amazing doctor, I would recommend her to anyone that needs an OB

She is a great doctor! I always recommend her to people!

I had a very bad experience with Dr. Jessica Jacob during my delivery. I was induced and after a few hours in Labor, the baby’s heart rate started dropping. The medicine was discontinued, the baby’s heart rate stabilized, and I was told that Dr. Jacob was coming to evaluate the situation. Upon entering the L&D room, Dr. Jacob started forcing me into a c-​section by screaming at me: «Brain Damage!!! IQ goes down!!! You are an Idiot!!!»
I was really intimidated and could not ask her about the baby’s heart rate, other options, … I only said: «Why are you screaming at me?»
After returning home, I requested my hospital records. I was shocked to see the report signed by Dr. Jacob that stated that after the induction was stopped, the baby’s heart rate became «a beautiful tracing». I also found out from my c-​section records that my c-​section was «non-​emergent», my placenta was fine, and the cord’s ph was above 7.2 (border line) or even above 7.25 (recommended level). It is believed that baby does not get enough oxygen if ph is below 7.2 and c-​section is recommended for ph lower than 7.2. It became clear that there was no emergency when Dr. Jacob was screaming at me.
I understand that Dr. Jacob came to my L&D room late at night and she was tired, but it does not give her the right to abuse me. If c-​section was Dr. Jacob’s recommendation, she was not supposed to scream at me and coerce me into a c-​section. Therefore, I am no longer Dr. Jacob’s patient and cannot recommend her to anyone.
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