- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
- Multiple sclerosis
- Optic neuritis
- Transverse myelitis
Dina Jacobs, MD
About me
- Clinical Director, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders Center
- Director of Community Outreach and Network Development, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders Center
- Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
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Insurance accepted
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Neurology, 2001
- Alexion Project ASPIRE: Health Equity and Access in NMO and MG, International
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Academy of Neurology Industry Relations Subcommittee of Meeting Management Committee, National
- American Academy of Neurology Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum, International
- American Academy of Neurology Women Leading in Neurology, National
- American Neurological Association, National
- American Neurological Association, National
- Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS), International
- Congregation Beth Israel, Media PA, Local
- Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, National
- Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Local
- EMD Serono "I'm In" External Steering Committee to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in Multiple Sclerosis Practice, International
- EMD Serono Steering Committee: MS and Fertility, National
- EMD Serono, Family planning for patients with MS from the perspective of DE&I Forum, International
- European Committee for the Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, International
- International Women in Multiple Sclerosis (iWiMS) Network, International
- Multiple Sclerosis Association of America, National
- Multiple Sclerosis International Federation Essential Medicines List for World Heatlh Organization Special Populations: Pregnancy and Breastfeeding in MS in Low-Resource Settings, International
- Multiple Sclerosis International Federation Essential Medicines Panel, International
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society, National
- Neu-Ring Women's Health Research Neuroimmunology Consortium, International
- NIH AMS05 Study Relapse Adjudication Committee, National
- NIH Autoimmunity Centers of Excellence (ACE) AMS05 Study Relapse Adjucation Committee, National
- Novartis Medical Advisory Board Pregnancy and Family Planning, International
- Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum, International
- Sumaira Foundation Coalition for Health Equity on NMOSD and MOGAD, International
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2018 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Baldin E, De Santis C, Bove R, Jacobs D, McDonell J, Rijke N, Saylor D, Viswanathan S, Nonino F, and the KNOWwMS working group Knowledge Gaps in Reproductive Health among Women with MS: an international survey , European Academy of Neurology Congress, Geneva, Switzerland: 2026
Aggarwal A, Kavanaugh L, Santos I, Gilliard S, Wilson E, Giardino M, Jefferson A, Elahi A, Passarella M, Honeywell S, Gitelman Y, Lee K, Jacobs D A novel approach for operationalizing imaging import from external institutions , American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL: 2026
Cooper EC, Bakhtiar N, Bar-Or A, Brandstadter RB, Gur RC, Horwath EA, Jacobs DA, Perrone CM, Roalf DR, Ruparel K, Satterthwaite TD, Shinohara RT, Schindler MK, Baller EB Penn Computerized Neurocognitive Battery Reveals Global and Task-Specific Deficits Across Multiple Cognitive Domains in Multiple Sclerosis , ACTRIMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: 2026
Virupakshaia A, Gill AJ, Schoeps VA, Wilson EA, Wilson JA, Do D, Bar-Or A, Jacobs DA*, Berger JR*, *Co-Senior Authors The Effect of Ocrelizumab on Anti‐JC Virus Antibody Index , Brain and Behavior : 2026
Pfister A, Desai N, Lane C, Sweeney Smith M, Sekella N, Zimmerman V, Jacobs D Virtual Dance Program for Multiple Sclerosis: Feasibility, Quality of Life, and Motor Imagery Outcomes , International Journal of MS Care: 2025
Saylor D, Rijke N, McDonell J, Laurson-Doube J, Avasarala J, Baldin E, Banerjee TK, Bogdanovic I, Bove R, Chawla DK, Costello K, Del Giovane C, Abkari NE, Filippini G, Foschi M, Gonzalez-Lorenzo M, Helme A, Jacobs D, Kalincik T, Mantel-Teeuwisse A, Minozzi S, Navas C, Nonino F, Ojo OO, Ozcan B, Pasi E, Peryer G, Prato Chichiraldi A, Ridley B, Sokhi DS, Traboulsee A, Tramacere I, Tye JS, Vecchi S, Viswanathan S, Xie F, Zeineddine M, Schunemann H, Piggott T. Recommendations for essential medicines for multiple sclerosis in low-resource settings , Mult Scler: 2025
Hellwig K, Bove R, Oreja-Guevara C, Dobson R, Maillart E, Jacobs D, McElrath T, Derfuss TJ, Pietrasanta C, 9, Kletzl H, Kazlauskaite A, Zecevic D, 1 Raposo C, Lin C, Pasquarelli N, Vukusic S Infant B-Cell Levels, Ocrelizumab Placental Transfer and Maternal Humoral Responses During Pregnancy: Primary Analysis of the Prospective, Multicenter, Open-Label Phase IV MINORE Study , ACTRIMS Annual Meeting, West Palm Beach, FL: 2025
Bove R, Oreja-Guevara C, Vukusic S, Shah A, 4 Graham EL, McElrath T, Pietrasanta C, Dobson R, Maillart E, Jacobs D, Kletzl H, Kazlauskaite A, Zecevic D, Raposo C, Craveiro L, Lin C, Pasquarelli N, Hellwig K Placental and Breastmilk Transfer of Ocrelizumab from Women with Multiple Sclerosis to Infants and Potential Impact on B-Cell Levels in the Phase IV MINORE and SOPRANINO Trials , Consortium of MS Centers Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ: 2025
Sekella N, Gilmore H, French E, Zimmerman V, Jacobs D, Narula S. Developing and Piloting a Dedicated Support Group for Young Adults With Multiple Sclerosis , Int J MS Care: 2025
Cooper EC, Schindler MK, Bar-Or A, Brandstadter RB, Calkins ME, Gur R, Jacobs DA, Markowitz C, Moore T, Naydovich LR, Perrone CM, Ruparel K, Spangler BC, Troyan S, Shinohara RT, Satterthwaite TD, Baller EB. Investigating mood and cognition in people with multiple sclerosis: a prospective cross-sectional study protocol , BMJ Open: 2025