About me
Dr. Penny Wolfe received her PhD in Clinical Psychology, specializing in Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology, from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois. She completed an APA approved clinical internship specializing in Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. She then completed a two year APA/APPCN approved postdoctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan/Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University Medical School in Detroit, Michigan. She is board-certified in Rehabilitation Psychology.
Dr. Wolfe joined the psychology department at MedStar NRH in 2006. She is presently a clinical neuropsychologist working primarily on the inpatient brain injury unit providing evaluation and treatment for individuals with a variety of neurological conditions including acquired brain injury, stroke, dementia, aneurysm, brain tumor, anoxic injury, encephalopathy, Parkinson's disease, hydrocephalic conditions and other neurologically based disorders.
Dr. Wolfe also conducts outpatient neuropsychological evaluations and psychotherapy with individuals who have experienced brain injury or other neurological conditions.
Dr. Wolfe has research interests in forensic neuropsychological evaluation and improving behavioral, psychosocial and community integration outcomes following brain injury and other areas involving the evaluation and treatment of neurological conditions.
She is licensed in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
Clinical areas of focus
- Dementia
- Depression And Anxiety Assessments
- Executive Function Disorder
- Neurocognitive Disorder Due To Multiple Etiologies
- Neurocognitive Disorder Due To Traumatic Brain Injury
- Neuropsychological Assessment
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Sports Related Concussion Testing
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Anxiety
- Dementia
- Depression
- Dual Diagnosis
- Executive Function Disorder
- Mood Disorders
- Neurocognitive Disorder Due To Multiple Etiologies
- Neurocognitive Disorder Due To Traumatic Brain Injury
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Stress Management Issues
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Procedures I perform
- Coping With Chronic Illness
- Depression And Anxiety Assessments
- Disability Evaluation
- Mental Health
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
- Neuropsychological Assessment
- Somatic Psychology
- Sports Related Concussion Testing
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Tricare Prime
- CIGNA EPO
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- First Health PPO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Opoen HMO Option
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Network OA
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- FIRST HEALTH
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- PPO and PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Open HMO
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Open POS II
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Cigna HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
Education
Other Certification: American Board of Professional Psychology, -
Residency Program: DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (2006)
Internship Program: Eastern Virginia Medical School (1999)
Graduate Education: Marshall University School of Medicine (1991)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Publications
Wolfe, PL & Lehockey, K.A. (2016). Neuropsychological assessment of driving capacity. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 31, 517-529.
Sweet, J.J., Finnen, E., Wolfe, P.L., Beaumont, J.L., Hahn, E., Marymount, J., Sandborn, T. & Rosengart, T.K. (2008). Absence of cognitive decline one year after coronary bypass surgery: Comparison to nonsurgical and healthy controls. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 85, 1571-1578.
Rosengart, T. K., Sweet, J., Finnen, E., Wolfe, P., Cashy, J., Hahn, E., Marymount, J., Sanborn, T. (2005). Neurocognitive function in patients undergoing coronary bybass graft surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention: Evidence of impairment before interventions compared with normal controls. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 80, 1327-1335.
Sweet, J., Wolfe, P., Sattleburger, E., Numan, B., Rosenfeld, J. P., Clingerman, S., & Nies, K. (2000). Further investigation of traumatic brain injury versus insufficient effort with the California Verbal Learning Test. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 15, 105-113.
Amerikaner, M. J., Monks, G., Wolfe, P. L. & Thomas, S. (1994). Family interaction and individual psychological health. Journal of Counseling and Development, 72, 614-620.
Wolfe, P. L., Millis, S.R., Hanks, R., Fichtenberg, N., Larrabee, G.J. & Sweet, J. J. (2010). Effort indicators within the California Verbal Learning Test-II (CVLT-II). The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 24, 153-168.
Books/Chapters
Kauffman, S., Wolfe, P. & Yochelson, M. (2010). Education and vocation. In M. R. Yochelson & Wolfe, P. L. (Eds.), Managing brain injury: A guide to living well with brain injury. Washington, DC: NRH Press.
Yochelson, M. R. &. Wolfe, P. L. (Eds.). (2010). Managing brain injury: A guide to living well with brain injury. Washington, DC: NRH Press.
Wolfe, P. L. & Clark, J. (2011). Assessment of driving capacity. In G. J. Demakis (Ed.), Legal issues in the civil competency evaluation. New York: Oxford University Press
Wolfe, P. L., Shah, N. & Zimmerman-Thomas, L. (2010). Brain injury and sexuality. In M. R. Yochelson & P. L. Wolfe (Eds.), Managing brain injury: A guide to living well with brain injury. Washington, DC: NRH Press.