Jill J. Jakowich is a Denver native and a graduate of Arvada West High School.  She obtained her undergraduate degree from Colorado College.  She then received her Master of Science degree in Exercise Science and Cardiac Rehabilitation and worked as an Exercise Physiologist for several years.  She pursued her career in medicine in the Physician Assistant program at the University of Utah.  She obtained her Master of Physician Assistant Studies in 2003.  Jill worked for a few years in Pulmonary Medicine at National Jewish Medical and Research Center, and joined South Denver Gastroenterology in 2006.  Her areas of interest are liver disease, gastrointestinal problems in patients with spinal cord injury, and inflammatory bowel disease.

 

Education:

Colorado College, BA, 1992-1994

East Stroudsburg University, Master of Science in Exercise Science and Cardiac Rehabilitation, 1997-1998

University of Utah, Master of Physician Assistant Studies, 2001-2003

 

Board Certifications:

National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants – August, 2003

 

Societies:

American Academy of Physician Assistants

Gastroenterology Physician Assistants

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases