Chief of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Wolfe has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at BIDMC since 1999. He trained for three years in emergency medicine at Denver General Hospital, where he subsequently became Associate Residency Director and Residency Director for Emergency Medicine. In 1994, he became the Residency Director for the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency for Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Wolfe teaches and consults internationally and nationally on ED operational topics such as designing integrated emergency departments, ED quality, ED workflow management, ED leadership, and the relationship between emergency medicine specialty training with ED quality of care and operational efficiency. For the past 20 years, Dr. Wolfe has contributed to the international development of emergency medicine in a variety of countries, participating in educational, quality assessment, and emergency care systems academic collaborations.

PUBLICATIONS

• Birmingham, C., et al., An intoxicated man with facial trauma. Intern Emerg Med. 5(2): p. 145-9.

• Jesus, J.E., et al., Necrotizing Fasciitis in the Setting of Marine Injury. J Emerg Med.

• O’Connell, F., et al., A 50-year-old woman presenting after a motor vehicle collision. Intern Emerg Med. 5(3): p. 245-9.

• Shapiro, N.I., et al., The feasibility and accuracy of point-of-care lactate measurement in emergency department patients with suspected infection. J Emerg Med. 39(1): p. 89-94.

• Volz, K.A., et al., Eliminating amylase testing from the evaluation of pancreatitis in the emergency department. West J Emerg Med. 11(4): p. 344-7.

EDUCATION

• M.D., 1984, Faculte’ de Me’decine Necker-Enfants Malades, France

SPECIALTY AREAS

• ED Operations

• ED Cost Reduction

• Physician Alignment Strategies