Richard F. Jacobs MD, FAAP

Horace C. Cabe Professor and Chairman

Department of Pediatrics

President, Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Contact Information

Arkansas Children's Hospital

800 Marshall Street

Little Rock, AR  72202

Phone: (501) 364-1416

Fax: (501) 364-3551

JacobsRichardF@uams.edu

Education

MD - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 1977

Training

Internship:  Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 1977-1978

Residency:  Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 1978-1980

Fellowship:  Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Washington and Children's Hospital Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 1980-1982

Board Certification

Pediatrics

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Hospital Appointments

Arkansas Children's Hospital

UAMS

Clinical Interests

Neonatal and congenital viral infections/antiviral therapy; pharmacology and drug disposition in neonates, infants and children; tick-associated infectious diseases; immunizations-immunization programs; anti-infectives and use of antiobiotics; bone and joint injections in children; general pediatric infectious diseases

Research Interests

Collaborative antiviral study group providing evaluation of antiviral therapies for previously untreated viral infections in neonates, infants and children.  Pediatric Pharmacology Research Unit (PPRU) providing evaluation of new compounds related to the pharmacokinetics, dosing information and basic pharmacology in neonates, infants and children.