Blessy Mathew Jacob, MD

Dr. Jacob is a board-certified medical oncologist and hematologist with Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute (FCS) in Sarasota County.

Actively involved in clinical research, Dr. Jacob serves as a principal investigator for clinical trials with a special focus on blood cancers and breast cancer. Her work has been published in prestigious journals and presented at regional and national industry symposiums.

Dr. Jacob serves on the FCS Quality Committee. She is also a member of the quality improvement and patient safety committee at Sarasota Memorial Hospital—Venice and was selected to participate on the hematology research committee.

During her fellowship in oncology/hematology at the University of South Florida Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Dr. Jacob was selected for the Fellows Recognition program at the annual conference of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and served on the Quality Committee at Moffitt Cancer Center. Dr. Jacob received her medical degree from the University of South Florida and completed internal medicine residency training at Emory University in Atlanta.

Throughout her career, Dr. Jacob has volunteered in her local community and beyond, including serving as a Medical Missions volunteer in the Dominican Republic.