Background
Jacobs, Edwin Max was born on September 9, 1925 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Edwin Manheim and Floy (Sommer) Jacobs.
Jacobs, Edwin Max was born on September 9, 1925 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Edwin Manheim and Floy (Sommer) Jacobs.
Bachelor, Reed College, 1950; Doctor of Medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1954.
Intern, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1954-1955; resident, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1956-1957; resident, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, 1955-1956; fellow in oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, 1957-1959; instructor medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1960-1963; head clinical cancer research, University of California, San Francisco, 1960-1976; assistant professor, University of California, San Francisco, 1963-1969; associate clinical professor, University of California, San Francisco, 1969-1976; associate chief clinical investigations branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1976-1985; associate Executive officer, Northern California Oncology Group, Palo Alto, California, since 1985; clinical professor medicine Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, since 1987. Visiting physician Royal Marsden Hospital, London, 1970. Consultant Monsanto Chemical Company, St. Louis, since 1985, G.D. Searle Company, Skokie, Illinois, since 1985.
Board of directors San Francisco Symphony Foundation, 1968-1976. Served with United States Army, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations, PTO. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Medical Association (Recognition award since 1985), American Society Hematology (neoplasia committee 1978-1981), American Association Cancer Research, American Society Clinical Oncology, Society Surgical Oncology, American Radium Society (vice president 1978-1979), San Francisco Museum's Society.