Joseph Jacobson, MD
Joe Jacobson served as Chief Quality Officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute between 2011 and 2020. In that role, he oversaw a large department responsible for the quality and safety of care on the academic campus and an expanding network. Between 2003 and 2011, he served as the Chair of Medicine at North Shore Medical Center. He is trained in Medical Oncology and Hematology, received a mid-career Masters degree in Epidemiology, and completed additional training at the Intermountain Healthcare Institute for Healthcare Delivery Research. He has practiced extensively in both academic and community settings. For over two decades, he has helped develop and implement a series of national, regional and local quality measurement and improvement programs, largely focused on cancer care. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.