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17th Annual Pasta & Puccini Gala

Jefferson Performing Arts Society recently held its 17th Annual Pasta & Puccini Gala on October 19, 2012. This year's theme was the "Head Dress Ball." The proceeds from the event will benefit the educational programming and cultural endeavors of the Jefferson Performing Arts Society. Dr. Jacob was honored to have been selected as a "Community leader and Head Dress Celebrity" for the occasion.

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11th Annual Mission Possible Gala on Friday, June 22

New Orleans Medical Mission Services (NOMMS), of which Dr. Jacob is President and a founder, will hold its 11th Annual Mission Possible Gala on Friday, June 22; 7:00 – 11:00 P.M. at Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins, New Orleans, Attire is dressy. The evening will include food, drink, a live band, and a silent and live auction. You can call Edna (504.392.1934) for reservations or you may purchase tickets at door for $60.

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Dr Jacob was honored by the East Jefferson General Hospital Auxiliary as a 36th annual "Great Gentleman" award winner.

March 25, 2012

The members of the East Jefferson General Hospital Auxiliary have announced the recipients of the 36th annual Great Lady/Great Gentleman Award. The award is given to local residents who have made outstanding contributions to the community through volunteerism.

This year’s honorees are Dr. Jack Andoni of Metairie, Joe Baucum of Barataria, Virginia Cullens of Metairie, James Hudson of Kenner, Dr. R. Daniel Jacob of Metairie, Elaine Prager Ridgley of Metairie, Sammy Logan Steele III of Marrero and Gordon Stevens of Metairie.

Dr. R. Daniel Jacob is a physician in private practice of otolaryngology and facial plastic surgery. He is a member of the staff of East Jefferson General Hospital.

He is an assistant clinical instructor at both LSU and Tulane University medical schools. As a physician and a surgeon, he has led more than 20 medical mission trips as president and co-founder of the New Orleans Medical Mission Services. That group has donated truckloads of supplies to local groups since Hurricane Katrina, provided 2,800 pounds of food to Second Harvest Food Bank, and provided both the New Life Center and Greater New Orleans Health Care Clinics with medical equipment and furniture.

Jacob serves as an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Old Metairie. He has been a member of the Serra Club since 2000.

For many years, Jacob has served on the advisory board of the Daughters of Charity Community-Based Health Care System.

Read more here: http://blog.nola.com/eastjefferson/2012/03/east_jefferson_general_hosital.html


Click here to view the website of the Medical Mission co-founded by Dr Jacob in 2010 for which he has been the President since it's founding.

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Health Care Heroes

CityBusiness, 2010

El Salvador is green and lush, withbeautiful white herons nesting inthe trees and volcanoes with lakes thatform inside the craters. It is also a countryof abject poverty, where people withmedical ailments wait for months oryears to get treated.

"People living in the mountains donot have telephones, but somehowword got out that we were coming,"said Dr. Dan Jacob of the New OrleansMedical Mission Services. "A petitegirl of 10 had brought her brother,who had a tumor in his neck, to seeme. The boy had cerebral palsy andwas unable to walk. His sister carriedhim down the mountains on her back,which was a two-day trek from her villageto our mission site."

The boy is one of several thousandpatients Jacob and his team of morethan 400 volunteers have treated. Todate, New Orleans Medical MissionServices has been on 12 missions, performed862 surgeries, performed12,615 eye exams and dispensed17,057 pairs of eyeglasses, Jacob said.The group maintains a 9,000-squarefootwarehouse for medical suppliesand equipment that is sent all over theworld.

Jacob began the New OrleansMedical Mission Services in 2001 afterreturning from a "frustrating" trip toMexico.

"A longtime friend and patient, FredMikill, came in and we started discussingmy medical mission experiences," hesaid. "Fred had recently retired from alarge company that did business in LatinAmerica and suggested that we start ourown organization."

Jacob routinely performs facialreconstructions on accident victimswhose faces are grossly malformed."Manufacturers in the U.S. donateplates of varying sizes, and we have justthe right medical hardware for the casesthat present themselves, with none tospare," he said. "It is so astounding that Ican only attribute this to divine providence."Jacob grew up in Cape Girardeau, Mo.,and went to medical school at TulaneUniversity.

"My father, who died in an ambulanceaccident when I was quite young,was a doctor," he said. "I guess I wantedto follow in his footsteps."

— Lisa Bacques

 

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