Dr. Brian Jacob, MD, FACS
Internationally Recognized Hernia Surgeon
Dr. Brian Jacob is an internationally recognized hernia, chronic pain, and weight loss surgeon in New York City who is also the founder and CEO of the International Hernia Collaboration, overseeing the surgical education of over 12,000 hernia surgeons globally. For 10 consecutive years, he has been selected as one of the best hernia surgeons in NYC by The New York Times Magazine, and is listed by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. in New York Magazine as a Top Doctor (2012 – 2023). Over the past decade, Dr. Jacob has performed thousands of hernia procedures, and he has devoted the majority of his career to treating hernias and groin pain, with a goal of offering his patients an optimized outcome and uneventful rapid recovery. In addition to hernia and weight-loss surgeries, Dr. Jacob also performs Gallbladder Removal, Appendix Removal, Adhesion Removal, and Small Bowel Resections.
Dr. Jacob is known globally as the original surgeon who changed the game by redefining surgical education when he began using a private Facebook community to unite hernia surgeons from around the world to professionally use social media to help optimize patient outcomes. 1000s of surgeons have since created groups in all disciplines. He has published extensively about using social media to educate surgeons here and he continues to lecture about this at conferences all around the world.
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