Jacqueline Jonklaas MD, PhD

Dr. Jacqueline Jonklaas is currently a professor in the endocrinology division at Georgetown University. Dr. Jonklaas obtained her MD, residency, and fellowship training at Georgetown University. Her time is equally divided between research, clinical activities, and teaching. Her area of particular interest, both with respect to research and patient care, is the management of thyroid cancer and hypothyroidism.

Dr. Jonklaas has published research regarding treatment and outcomes in patients with thyroid cancer. She has also studied therapy for hypothyroidism. She is involved in translational research and the activities of Georgetown University’s Clinical and Translational Science Award. She is the director of the Georgetown Clinical Research Unit.

Dr. Jonklaas is involved in teaching at both a national and local level. She teaches endocrinology to residents and fellows in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. She also teaches the endocrinology course for Georgetown Medical School’s first-year medical students.

She has been a member of the American Thyroid Association since 1999, serves on the editorial board of the journal Thyroid, and has served on the Board of Directors of the American Thyroid Association. She is currently the Secretary/ Chief Operating Officer of the association. She was co-chair of the American Thyroid Association Task Force on Thyroid Hormone Replacement. The task force’s guidelines document was published in 2014. She has been a member of the Endocrine Society since 1997 and serves as a member of the Endocrine Society Endocrine Board Review writing group.