Jacob Cole MD, MBA, MPH

Education

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1/2023 to 12/2023 Master of Public Health, Purdue University Global, West Lafayette, Indiana
7/2021 to 6/2022 Graduate Certificate in Applied Modeling and Simulation in Healthcare, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
5/2021 to 3/2022 Intermediate Joint Professional Military Education, With Distinction, US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
1/2017 to 12/2018 Master of Business Administration, Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia
8/2012 to 5/2016 Doctor of Medicine, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland
6/2008 to 5/2012 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, With Merit, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
8/2010 to 12/2010 Service Academy Exchange Program, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York

GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
7/2021 to 6/2022 Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
7/2019 to 6/2020 Academic Clinical Educator Fellowship, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
7/2019 to 6/2020 Chief Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia
7/2017 to 6/2020 Anesthesiology Residency, Department of Anesthesiology, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia
7/2016 to 6/2017 Internal Medicine Internship, Department of Internal Medicine, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth Virginia

Biography

LCDR Jacob Cole is a native of Pennsylvania. He graduated with merit from the US Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.

He was commissioned in 2012 into the US Navy Medical Corps and subsequently attended the Uniformed Services University (USU). Upon graduation as a Doctor of Medicine, LCDR Cole completed both internship training in internal medicine and residency training in anesthesiology at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP). Following his internship training he was selected as the NMCP Intern of the Year. In his final year of residency, he was selected as Chief Anesthesiology Resident. Concurrent with his residency training, LCDR Cole completed a fellowship in Academic Clinical Education from Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Following graduation from residency, LCDR Cole served as an attending anesthesiologist and Associate Program Director of the anesthesiology residency at NMCP where he was selected as the Anesthesiology Residency Teacher of the Year. He then completed a Fellowship of Surgical Critical Care Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA before deploying as the Director of Surgical Services and Partner Force Medical Liaison at the Role 2 Expeditionary Medicine Facility aboard Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa.

Following a brief tour as the Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, he returned to USU as the Assistant Dean for Digital Transformation in the School of Medicine. In this role he leads and executes a comprehensive digital transformation strategy aligned with the university’s mission, vision, and goals, encompassing areas such as education, research, administration, and healthcare delivery.

He has been awarded the rank of Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at USU. His research interests include the use of emerging technologies in both clinical care and healthcare education, as well as trauma resuscitation and advanced noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring. He has published multiple scientific manuscripts on the topics of translational animal model optimization and novel airway management devices.

LCDR Cole has achieved board certification in both anesthesiology and critical care medicine from the American Board of Anesthesiology. He has received a Master of Public Health from Purdue University and a Master of Business Administration from Brenau University. He is a qualified Fleet Marine Force Warfare Officer, and his personal decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, as well as various unit and service awards.

Representative Bibliography

Cole JH, Hughey SB, et al. Distributed Maritime Operations and the Medical Challenge: How a Medical Common Operating Picture Can Help Bridge the Gap. Military Medicine. 2024 Jun 15:usae307.

Cole JH, Highland KB, et al. The Association Between Borderline Dysnatremia and Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality: Retrospective Cohort Study of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database. JMIR Perioperative Medicine. 2023;6:e38462.

Cole JH, Hughey SB. Use of a Head-Mounted Patient Display in a Task Driven Anesthesia Simulator: A Randomized Trial. BMJ Military Health. Published Online First: 22 July 2022.

Cole JH, Hughey SB, et al. Hemodynamic Effects of Cardiovascular Medications in a Normovolemic and Hemorrhaged Yorkshire-cross Swine Model. Comparative Medicine. 2022 Feb 1;72(1):38-44.

Cole JH, Hughey SB, et al. Machine Learning to Predict Fascial Dehiscence after Exploratory Laparotomy Surgery. Journal of Surgical Research. 2021 Aug 26;268:514-520.

Cole JH, Hughey SB, Rector CH, Booth GJ. A Novel Low Cost Ventilator for Use in a Worldwide Pandemic: The Portsmouth Ventilator. Critical Care Explorations. 2020 Dec 2;2(12):e0292.

Hughey SB, Cole JH, Booth GJ, Longwell JJ. Letter to the Editor: Head Mounted Display for Regional Anesthesia. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. 2021 Aug;46(8):740-741.

Cole JH, Hughey SB. Epidural contrast spread in the porcine model: bolus versus infusion. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. 2020; 45:560-561.

Cole JH, Hughey SB. Bolus Epidural Infusion Improves Spread Compared with Continuous Infusion in a Cadaveric Porcine Spine Model. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. 2019; 44:1080-1083.

Cole JH, Hughey SB, Longwell JJ. Transversus Abdominis Plane Block and Intrathecal Morphine Use in Cesarean Section: A Retrospective Review. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. 2019; 44:1035-1037.