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Alan P. Jacobsen
( out of 99 reviews )

Alan P. Jacobsen, MB, BCh, BAO

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Farmington Health Center

165 N. University Ave.
Farmington , UT 84025

Cardiovascular Center

Cardiovascular Center
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132

Dr. Alan Jacobsen MB. BCh. BAO. is an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Galway, Ireland. He completed a combined Medical/Surgical internship at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland and basic specialty training in General Internal Medicine at University Hospital Galway, Ireland. He moved to the United States to pursue further medical training joining the the Osler Internal Medicine Residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland. He subsequently completed his Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital where he received dedicated training in Sports Cardiology and Echocardiography.

Dr. Jacobsen is the director of the Sports Cardiology program at the University of Utah. He cares for a wide range of athletes including those participating in amateur competition, college sports and at the professional level. He oversees the cardiac preparticipation screening process for all University of Utah athletes and evaluates athletes presenting with cardiovascular symptoms or abnormal test results. He has experience in evaluating competitive athletes who have symptoms and provides a shared-decision making based management plan to those with with cardiovascular conditions.

Dr. Jacobsen is part of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy team at the University of Utah. He is a clinical trial site investigator for therapies directed towards helping patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. His clinical duties involve ensuring an accurate diagnosis of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy based on clinical assessment, appropriate imaging and genetic evaluation. This is performed in parallel with the initiation of appropriate medical therapy and referral for surgical evaluation when indicated.

Aside from medicine Dr. Jacobsen enjoys hiking with his wife and daughter, checking out coffee options in SLC and joining the RMCC on their group bike rides.

Board Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Cardiovascular Disease)

Patient Rating

5.0 /5
( out of 99 reviews )

The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers. The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.


2026-03-28
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Verry good

2026-03-22
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

A very knowegable and pleasure to work with.

2026-03-19
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

very kind and personable

2026-02-27
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

He showed us what we had hoped for, a doctor that cares. Thank you so much

2026-02-26
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Jacobson is an excellent doctor takes the time to explain everything. I would highly recommend him.

2026-02-13
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

You can be sure Dr. Jacobson will hear your concerns and address them skillfully, and with care. I don't know all of his training, but he reflects a bastion of expertise. I felt respected as a human being and had each of my concerns addressed without judgment.

2026-02-13
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Jacobsen is knowledgeable, professional, competent, and empathetic. He was a pleasure to meet with!

2026-02-10
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Dr is excellent and very professional

2026-01-17
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Excellent doctor

2025-12-11
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Dr Jacobsen is a wonderful doctor. He listens to me and makes ne feel at ease. He explains everything in as much detail as I want. He discusses my care plan with me and makes sure that I agree. I have confidence that I am in excellent hands.

2025-11-23
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Great Doc and guy, communicates well, friendly...

2025-10-30
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Very professional, unhurried, likeable, and knowledgeable, Addressed questions. 100% confidence!

2025-10-18
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Thank you

2025-10-18
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Excellent caring doctor

2025-10-18
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Dr Jacobsen is awesome, caring and compassionate. He listened to my concerns and explained things it teas I could understand.

2025-10-14
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

I was very pleased with the information I was given at my appointment. Dr Jacobsen explained everything in a manner that I understood. I left feeling confident about my prognosis.

2025-09-20
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

I was nervous about yet another doctor to break in, but my fears and anxiety was put at ease. Dr.Jacobsen very knowledgeable and easy to understand when he's talkin¿ shop. Big Thumbs up!

2025-09-06
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

# 1 best ive been to

2025-09-05
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Doctor Alan Peter Jacobson; I was very impressed with how excellent the doctor explained everything. He listened and helped me understand my problem. Together we work out a solution to my problem. He is keeping close tabs on whether or not It is achieving the success we wanted. He has a great bed side manner. I can't say enough good things about him!

2025-08-31
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Great viait

2025-07-18
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

This was my first appointment with Dr Jacobsen. He's very thorough and he answered all of my questions, I felt very comfortable.

2025-07-10
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

He is the best. So awesome. Explained everything very well

2025-07-09
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Jacobsen is an excellent communicator. He listens and explains everything. He is professional and knowledgeable.

2025-07-05
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Dr Jacobsen is a very compassionate caring physician who should go far as a cardiologist.

2025-06-08
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Dr Jacobsen is very easy to relate to, being friendly but professional. He listens to my concerns and takes my opinions into consideration. He appears to be extremely knowledgeable and intelligent, and explains things clearly.

2025-05-14
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

He was great to double check on my future plan of treatment, he had good advice in general about blood pressure meds

2025-05-12
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

He listened to me! He explained what had happened, what could happen next and what could be done...without talking down to me. Great Dr.

2025-04-03
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

I appreciated his input regarding my care and treatment. I was grateful for his willingness to, both, invite any inquiries (that I may/may not have had), as well as to answer those very same questions.

2025-03-29
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

I recommend Doctor Jacobsen to my friends. He is knowledgeable and easy to talk to.

2025-03-29
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Dr Jacobsen and team are deeply caring and professional. He explained everything in clear, concise, and easily understood terminology.

2025-03-29
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Jacobsen has been outstanding in treating my possible heart condition and kept me informed the entire time and would communicate through my chart the same day

2025-03-26
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Seems very knowledgeable but prescribed a medication with a large co-pay

2025-03-18
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Our visit was great.

2025-03-15
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Dr. Jacobson was professional and caring. He was very helpful in understanding issues and provided insight and knowledge about HCM. I appreciated his honesty and recommendations.

2025-03-13
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Dr Jacobsen is an excellent doctor and I would highly recommend him. He's so knowledgeable and truly cares about his patients.

2025-02-27
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Very helpful interaction.

2025-02-19
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

I am so grateful for Dr. Jacobsen. He has been so patient, kind, an thoughtful throughout this process. I am so extremely grateful for the incredible care I have received.

2025-02-17
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

He took the time and made sure that everything was very clear and answered all of my questions

2025-02-09
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Top shelf physician and great demeanor with anxious and worried patient and family.

2025-02-08
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

I highly recommend Dr. Jacobsen. He is knowledgeable, personable and kind. I will return to to him in the future and recommend him to anyone with simple or complex cardiac issues.

2025-02-03
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Jacobsen is top notch! Excellent bedside manner. Had good understanding of risk factors and literature for treatment.

2024-12-09
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Very solid doctor. Appreciated his personal attention and interest in my case.

2024-12-07
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Dr. Jacobsen seems very talented in the area of his expertise. I feel blessed to have him as part of my treatment team. Kind and thoughtful.

2024-11-22
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Awesome

2024-10-18
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Very professional and competent provider

2024-09-11
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Dr Jacobsen was very thoroughly in the assessment he provided. He made me feel at ease and was very polite. He is one of my favorite doctors.


Patient comments are gathered from our patient experience survey and displayed in their entirety. For the convenience of our visitors, some patient comments have been translated from their original language into English while preserving their original meaning as accurately as possible. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

Dr. Alan Jacobsen MB. BCh. BAO. is an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Galway, Ireland. He completed a combined Medical/Surgical internship at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland and basic specialty training in General Internal Medicine at University Hospital Galway, Ireland. He moved to the United States to pursue further medical training joining the the Osler Internal Medicine Residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland. He subsequently completed his Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital where he received dedicated training in Sports Cardiology and Echocardiography.

Dr. Jacobsen is the director of the Sports Cardiology program at the University of Utah. He cares for a wide range of athletes including those participating in amateur competition, college sports and at the professional level. He oversees the cardiac preparticipation screening process for all University of Utah athletes and evaluates athletes presenting with cardiovascular symptoms or abnormal test results. He has experience in evaluating competitive athletes who have symptoms and provides a shared-decision making based management plan to those with with cardiovascular conditions.

Dr. Jacobsen is part of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy team at the University of Utah. He is a clinical trial site investigator for therapies directed towards helping patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. His clinical duties involve ensuring an accurate diagnosis of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy based on clinical assessment, appropriate imaging and genetic evaluation. This is performed in parallel with the initiation of appropriate medical therapy and referral for surgical evaluation when indicated.

Aside from medicine Dr. Jacobsen enjoys hiking with his wife and daughter, checking out coffee options in SLC and joining the RMCC on their group bike rides.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Orthopaedics -Adjunct Assistant Professor
Academic Divisions Cardiovascular Medicine
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Cardiovascular Disease)

Education history

Undergraduate Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics - National University of Ireland, Galway M.B., B.Ch., BAO
Internship Medicine and Surgery - Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Intern
Residency General Internal Medicine Basic Specialist Training - University College Hospital Galway Resident
Residency Internal Medicine Mayo Clinic Rotator - Mayo Clinic Resident
Residency Internal Medicine - Johns Hopkins Hospital Resident
Fellowship Cardiovascular Disease - Johns Hopkins Hospital Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Jacobsen AP, Khiew YC, Duffy E, O'Connell J, Brown E, Auwaerter PG, Blumenthal RS, Schwartz BS, McEvoy JW (2022). Climate change and the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Am J Prev Cardiol, 12, 100391.
  2. Raber I, Belanger MJ, Farahmand R, Aggarwal R, Chiu N, Al Rifai M, Jacobsen AP, Lipsitz LA, Juraschek SP (2022). Orthostatic Hypotension in Hypertensive Adults: Harry Goldblatt Award for Early Career Investigators 2021. Hypertension, 79(11), 2388-2396.
  3. Jacobsen AP, McKittrick M, Daya N, Al Rifai M, McEvoy JW (2022). Isolated Diastolic Hypertension and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Controversies in Hypertension-Con Side of the Argument. Hypertension, 79(8), 1571-1578.
  4. Jacobsen AP, McKittrick M, Daya N, Al Rifai M, McEvoy JW (2022). Response to Isolated Diastolic Hypertension and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Controversies in Hypertension - Con Side of the Argument. Hypertension, 79(8), 1570.
  5. Jacobsen AP, Lim ZL, Chang B, Lambeth KD, Das TM, Gorry C, McCague M, Sharif F, Mylotte D, Wijns W, Serruys PWJC, Blumenthal RS, Martin SS, McEvoy JW (2022). Contextualizing National Policies Regulating Access to Low-Dose Aspirin in America and Europe Using the Full Report of a Transatlantic Patient Survey of Aspirin in Preventive Cardiology. J Am Heart Assoc, 11(8), e023995.
  6. Jacobsen AP, Blumenthal RS (2022). Cardiovascular Disease Is the Condition, Air Pollution the Risk Factor, Fossil Fuel Combustion the Cause. J Am Coll Cardiol, 79(2), e131.
  7. Gaffney B, Jacobsen AP, Pallippattu AW, Leahy N, McEvoy JW (2021). The Diastolic Blood Pressure J-Curve in Hypertension Management: Links and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease. Integr Blood Press Control, 14, 179-187.
  8. Jacobsen AP, Lim ZL, Chang B, Lambeth KD, Das TM, Gorry C, McCague M, Wijns W, Serruys PWJC, Blumenthal RS, Martin SS, McEvoy JW (2021). A Transatlantic Comparison of Patient-Reported Access to and Use of Aspirin in Contemporary Preventive Cardiology. J Am Coll Cardiol, 78(11), 1193-1195.
  9. Jacobsen AP, Robledo-Gil T, Nahas-Vigon JH, Epstein JA, Berger ZD, Sufrin CB (2021). Care for Incarcerated Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19. J Gen Intern Med, 36(7), 2094-2099.
  10. Jacobsen AP, Al Rifai M, Arps K, Whelton SP, Budoff MJ, Nasir K, Blaha MJ, Psaty BM, Blumenthal RS, Post WS, McEvoy JW (2021). A cohort study and meta-analysis of isolated diastolic hypertension: searching for a threshold to guide treatment. Eur Heart J, 42(21), 2119-2129.
  11. Prendiville T, Tanner R, Jacobsen AP, Margey R, McGorrian C, Casserly IP (2021). Safety of Conscious Sedation for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Without an Anesthetist. J Invasive Cardiol, 33(3), E220-E224.
  12. Jacobsen AP, Raber I, McCarthy CP, Blumenthal RS, Bhatt DL, Cusack RW, Serruys PWJC, Wijns W, McEvoy JW (2020). Lifelong Aspirin for All in the Secondary Prevention of Chronic Coronary Syndrome: Still Sacrosanct or Is Reappraisal Warranted? Circulation, 142(16), 1579-1590.
  13. Jacobsen AP, Epstein JA (2020). Dying Without COVID-19: End-of-Life Care for an Uninfected Incarcerated Patient. Mayo Clin Proc, 95(10), 2286-2288.
  14. Prendiville T, Tanner R, Jacobsen AP, Margey R, McGorrian C, Casserly IP (2021). Safety of Conscious Sedation for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Without an Anesthetist. J Invasive Cardiol, 33(3), E220-E224.
  15. Rabbitt L, Byrne D, O'Connor P, Gorecka M, Jacobsen A, Lydon (2020). A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of SAFMEDS to produce fluency in interpretation of electrocardiograms. BMC medical education, 20(1), 102.
  16. Jacobsen AP, McEvoy J (2020). Changing place for aspirin in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Drug and therapeutics bulletin, 58(1), 3-4.
  17. Natoni A, Coyne MR, Jacobsen A, Rainey MD, O'Brien G, Healy S, Montagnoli A, Moll J, O'Dwyer M, Santocanale (2013). Characterization of a Dual CDC7/CDK9 Inhibitor in Multiple Myeloma Cellular Models. Cancers, 5(3), 901-18.