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
- Cardiovascular Disorders Of Newborn
- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Emotional Distress
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Executive Function Disorder
- Head Injury
- Irritability
- Knee And Leg Open Wound
- Memory Loss
- Mood Disorders
- Neurocognitive Disorders
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Parkinson's Disease
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Reaction To Stress
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Sports Concussion
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Subcortical Infarction
- Substance Abuse
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Vascular Dementia
Procedures I perform
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- 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
- 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
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
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Classic 5000
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- Medicare FFS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- OA Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- HighMark
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Navigate
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Network OA
- Beech Street PPO
- Sentara Health
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-POS
- IH-Open POS Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- POS OA
- First Health PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Student Resources
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Choice POS
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- UHC Passport
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-POS Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
Education
Board Certification:
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.