Nancy Jacobson, MD

Nancy Jacobson received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2009 and her Doctor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2014. She went on to complete an emergency medicine residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin, graduating in 2017. She splits her clinical practice between Froedtert Hospital and the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center. She is committed to improving patient quality safety and experience in the Department of Emergency Medicine, as well as being dedicated to resident education and wellbeing. Since 2017, she has served as the faculty co-chair of the Medical College of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine Resident Wellness Committee, and has published on workplace motivators and operational factors supporting physician wellness. She currently serves and the Medical College of Wisconsin System Director for Quality, Safety, and Experience; a Froedtert Hospital Emergency Department Medical Director, and a course co-director for the Medical College of Wisconsin Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Pathway. She is Department of Emergency Medicine Core Faculty and involved in resident teaching. Her research interests include patient safety, diagnostic error, system of care, quality improvement, physician wellness, and qualitative research.