DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2402062572
(Radiology 2006;240:616.)
© RSNA, 2006
Michael A. Jacobi, MD
Mary Lou Jacobi
Dr Michael A. Jacobi died on November 23, 2005, in Manitowoc, Wis, at the age of 72 years.
Dr Jacobi was born on February 4, 1933, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 1957, he received his MD degree from the University of Saskatchewan. He completed his medical internship and radiology residency at McLaren General Hospital in Flint, Mich.
In 1964, board-certified in radiology and nuclear medicine, Dr Jacobi joined the medical staff at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center in Manitowoc, where shortly thereafter and under his direction, ground was broken for a new radiology department. The following year, July 1965, the nuclear medicine department was instituted. In February 1966, he led a fund-raising effort to purchase a cobalt radiation therapy unit for the treatment of malignant tumors. The radiology department was completed in June 1966. In August 1973, he oversaw the installation of the first gamma camera in the Department of Nuclear Medicine. In December 1974, he instituted the first fiberoptic endoscopy program at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center.
Dr Jacobi utilized newly emerging imaging modalities, such as ultrasonography, nuclear cardiology, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, and provided patient care for more than 40 years at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center.
Dr Jacobi was the first in the county to become a member of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. He also was a member of the Radiological Society of North America, the American College of Radiology, the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, the Manitowoc County Medical Society, the Society of Nuclear Medicine, and the American Medical Association.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou; two daughters, Janice and Julie; a son, David; and four grandchildren, Leslie, Rocco, Margaret, and Katherine.
