A pediatric cardiologist who is professor emeritus of pediatrics and an assistant dean of student affairs at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Dr. Isabel-Jones attained her M.D. from Meharry Medical College in 1964. While at Meharry Medical College, she was the recipient of several scholarships and honors including election into Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. After an internship at D. C. General Hospital of Washington, D.C., she completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Memphis. She subsequently completed fellowship in pediatric cardiology at UCLA and took a position on the faculty.

In addition to her faculty responsibilities, she has served on advisory boards of national professional institutions and organizations including the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association. She has served on the executive boards of the Association of Black Women Physicians and the Charles R. Drew Medical Society. Throughout her career she has received numerous honors and awards including: Alumna of the Year from LeMoyne College, the Ruth Temple, M.D. Community Service Award from the Association of Black Women Physicians, The Minority Health Award for Community Service, and the UCLA Medical Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award. She was the recipient of the 1997 Sherman M. Mellinkoff Faculty Award from the UCLA School of Medicine. This very prestigious award, named for Dean Emeritus Sherman M. Mellinkoff who was dean of the school for over 25 years, is given to the faculty member “whose teaching exemplifies the individual’s dedication to the art of medicine and to the finest doctor-patient relationships”. Dr. Isabel-Jones was selected from a faculty of over 1700 members. She has also been honored with the Fair & Open Academic Environment Award by UCLA Academic Senate Committee on Diversity & Equal Opportunity. She is cited by many graduates of UCLA School of Medicine as a role model in the development and success of their careers.

Dr. Isabel-Jones has had a long-standing interest in medical mission work. As a senior student in medical school she volunteered for 6 weeks to help provide medical care in a poor rural area, Mt. Bayou, Mississippi. For several years (1970s-1980s) she volunteered her services as a pediatric cardiologist at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Hospital serving indigent children with congenital heart disease in South Central Los Angeles. She served as advisor to public health and medical students, recruited other physicians, and traveled with the team to the Old Mutare Mission of Zimbabwe in 1992. In 1997 and 2006 she was part of a team of pediatric cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, anesthesiologists and intensivists who provided medical services and education in Arequipa and Lima, Peru.

Dr. Isabel-Jones’ passion for the welfare of young people extends beyond her profession as a pediatrician to her many years of teaching Sunday school and of mentoring and career counseling through local schools and youth programs. She and husband, Earl, have enjoyed raising their four children and now enjoy the company of their four grandchildren. They have also enjoyed each other’s company through the years in church work, traveling, bicycling, bowling, tennis, dancing, and playing softball.