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Dr. Jacobs is the Professor of Surgery and Professor of Traumatology and Emergency Medicine at the University of Connecticut. He is a Trauma Surgeon at Hartford Hospital He graduated from the University of the West Indies Medical School in 1970. He received his surgical training at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston and at University and Boston City Hospitals. He received a Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Jacobs became the Director of Emergency Medical Services for the City of Boston and the Trauma Center at Boston City Hospital. He designed and implemented the Basic and Advanced Life Support Prehospital Service for the City of Boston. He then moved to Hartford Hospital where he implemented the LIFE STAR Air Medical Service and the Trauma Center. He inaugurated a new Department of Traumatology and Emergency Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He is the Chairman of the Hartford Consensus, Joint Committee to Increase Survival from Active Shooter and Intentional Mass Casualty Events. The Stop the Bleed program has trained over 2.6 million people and is in 130 countries. He was on the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons and was on the Executive Committee of the Governors of the American College of Surgeons. He is a past Director of the American Board of Surgery. He is a founder and past President of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST), past Vice President of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) and Past Vice President of the New England Surgical Society. He is past President of the American Trauma Society. He is the Vice President of the Defense Health Board which advises the Secretary of Defense on Health Affairs. He is a Commissioner of The Joint Commission. He has lectured extensively in the United States and across the World. He has over 250 publications including numerous books and book chapters. He is the founder of the Advanced Trauma Operative Management Course (ATOM) and the Editor of the ATOM Textbook. ATOM is now available in 73 sites in the United States, Canada, Africa, the Middle East, Japan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Italy, and Brazil. ATOM has trained over 5600 surgeons. Dr. Jacobs was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) presented by The Council and Senate of the University of the West Indies. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship in the West African College of Surgeons. He received the Connecticut American College of Surgeons Distinguished Service Award. He has also been recognized by his peers for his contribution to the surgery of trauma and has been the recipient of the Meritorious Award of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. The American College of Surgeons, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and the National Safety Council presented him with the “Surgeons’ Award for Service to Safety”. He received the Dr. Norman E. McSwain, Jr. PHTLS Leadership Award for Contributions and Continued Commitment to the Care of the injured patient especially to their Pre- hospital Care. The Governor of Connecticut presented him with the States’ Award for Dedicated Service to the State of Connecticut. He was awarded the Bigelow Medal by the Boston Surgical Society for “Contributions to Surgery of the greatest value”. He was awarded the American Surgical Association’s Medal for Distinguished Service to Surgery. He was the 2021 Scudder Orator for the American College of Surgeons. He was the 2022 Oriens Orator for the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma He was awarded the Nathan Smith Distinguished Service Award by the New England Surgical Society.