Penny Leigh Wolfe, MA PHD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Psychology
Languages: English
(202) 291-5366
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
- Executive Functions Coaching
- Neurocognitive Disorder Treatment
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Emotional Distress
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Executive Function Disorder
- Irritability
- Memory Loss
- Mood Disorders
- Neurocognitive Disorders
- Parkinson's Disease
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Reaction To Stress
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Substance Abuse
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Vascular Dementia
Procedures I perform
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Treatment
- Behavioral Activation
- Behavioral Modification
- Clinical Neuropsychology Services
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Depression
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Depression Counseling
- Emotional Intelligence Coaching
- Etoposide Therapy
- Executive Functions Coaching
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Functional Analytic Psychotherapy
- Group Therapy
- Health Psychology Services
- Learning Disability Evaluation
- Memory Therapy
- Memory Training Programs
- Mental Status Exam
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy For Addiction
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Therapy
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Motivational Interviewing
- Neurocognitive Disorder Treatment
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Parent Management Training
- Play Therapy
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screening
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Management
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychological Testing And Assessment
- Psychotherapy
- Stress Reduction
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
Practice locations
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102 Irving St NW
Washington, DC, 20010
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
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- First Health PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- POS OA
- TRICARE East Select
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- First Health PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- HighMark
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-Open POS II
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Network OA
- TRICARE East Prime
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- Beech Street PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- IH-POS
- Medicare Direct
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Choice POS
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-Indemnity
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- UHC Passport
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-EPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Sentara Health
- Tricare Reserve Select
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Student Resources
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Professional Psychology, Psychology
Residency: Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (2006)
Internship: Eastern Virginia Medical School (1999)
Graduate: 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.