About Dr. Jakobovits

Simon Jakobovits is a Melbourne based Gastroenterologist with a special interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Whilst Dr Jakobovits investigates and treats all general gastroenterological complaints, he specialises in supporting sufferers of IBD to manage this lifelong illness. To reach a broad base of sufferers, Simon combines public practice at The Alfred Hospital where he is a visiting specialist, with a private Gastroenterology practice at Cabrini Medical Centre. He also offers endoscopy services at centres in Melbourne’s Western suburbs. Uninsured patients who are seen in his private rooms can be wait listed for endoscopic procedures at the Alfred Hospital.

In addition to treating and healing individuals, Dr Jakobovits also dedicates time to teaching the next generation of health care professionals. He is involved in teaching students of the Monash University Medical School at the Alfred Hospital and Cabrini Hospital and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Monash University and a Lecturer at Latrobe University.

Dr Jakobovits completed physician training at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. He undertook Specialist Gastroenterology training at the Western Hospital, Footscray Hospital and St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. He subsequently undertook a research and clinical fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at the John Radcliff Hospital in Oxford, UK.

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Professional Experience

• 2007 – current: The Alfred Hospital, Gastroenterologist

• 2007 – current: Private Practice at Cabrini Medical Centre

• 2006 – 2007: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fellow, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford UK

• 2005 – 2006: St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne: Gastroenterology trainee

• 2004 – 2005: The Western Hospital, Footscray: Gastroenterology trainee

• 2003 – 2004: The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne: Medical registrar

• 2002 – 2003: The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne: Hospital medical officer

 

Teaching and Academic responsibilities

• 2012 – ongoing: Monash Universtiy: Honorary Senior Lecturer

• 2009 – 2015: Latrobe University: Senior Lecturer

 

Qualifications / Achievements

• 2003 Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

• 1998 Monash University Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) with honours

 

Prizes

• The Alfred Hospital Residents and Graduates Association prize for the highest aggregate marks in 6th year examinations

• The Alfred Hospital Psychiatry Prize for the highest marks in final year, Psychological Medicine

• The Australian Medical Association Prize prize for the highest aggregate marks in 6th year examinations

• The Sir Edward Hughes Medal and Prize for the highest aggregate mark in fifth and sixth year Surgical examinations.

• The CIBA-GEIGY prize for the highest aggregate marks in 6th year examinations

• The Royal Australasian College of Physician Victorian State Committee Prize in Clinical Medicine Awarded to the top final year student in Clinical Medicine at the Alfred Hospital Cluster.

• The Harriet Power Scholarship in Medicine and Surgery

• The Harry Hindlip Green Scholarship in Medicine

 

Research, Publications and Presentations

• Jakobovits, SL, Travis SPR.
The management of Acute Severe Colitis Br Med Bull. 2006 Jul 17;75-76:131-44. Print 2005

• Jakobovits SL, Jewell DP, Travis SP Infliximab for the treatment of ulcerative colitis: outcomes in Oxford from 2000 to 2006. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007 May 1;25(9):1055-60.

• Jakobovits SL, McDonough M, Chen RY Buprenorphine-associated gastroparesis during in-patient heroin detoxification. Addiction. 2007 Mar;102(3):490-1.

• Williams HR, Cox IJ, Walker DG, North BV, Patel VM, Marshall SE, Jewell DP, Ghosh S, Thomas HJ, Teare JP, Jakobovits S, Zeki S, Welsh KI, Taylor-Robinson SD, Orchard TR. Characterization of inflammatory bowel disease with urinary metabolic profiling. Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Jun;104(6):1435-44. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2009.175. Epub 2009 Apr 28. Erratum in: Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Jul;104(7):1894.

 

Memberships and Associations

• Royal Australian College of Physicians – www.racp.edu.au

• Gastroenterological Society of Australia – www.gesa.org.au

• American Gastroenterological Association – www.gastro.org

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