Risa M. Wolf

Overview

Dr. Risa Wolf is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her clinical practice focuses on pediatric diabetes care and other endocrine issues. Dr. Wolf received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, after which she attended the Mount Sinai School of Medicine where she graduated with Distinction in Research, and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She completed her pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, followed by a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. During her fellowship, Dr. Wolf was awarded prestigious grants from both the Pediatric Endocrine Society and the Endocrine Society to support her research in obesity and metabolism. Dr. Wolf also spent two years working at Broward Health in Florida, where she developed a Comprehensive Pediatric Diabetes Center. She is the Founder and Medical Director of Camp Charm City diabetes camp in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Wolf's research focus is on clinical care innovations to improve outcomes in pediatric diabetes. She is the Principal Investigator of a study implementing point-of-care diabetes retinopathy screening into pediatric diabetes care, a Co-Investigator for Trialnet, and the Principal Investigator for the Pediatric Diabetes Consortium site at Johns Hopkins. She also studies a novel family of proteins, called CTRPs, to determine their impact on glucose and lipid metabolism in the context of obesity and diabetes. Dr. Wolf is affiliated with the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Endocrine Society, the Endocrine Society, and the American Diabetes Association. CV https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/johns-hopkins-childrens-center/_documents/_cvs/wolf_risa_m_cv.pdf.

Her top areas of expertise are Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency.

Residency
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatrics, 2011
Specialties
Pediatric Endocrinology
Licenses
Pediatric Endocrinology in FL
Board Certifications
American Board Of Pediatrics
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pediatric Endocrinology, 2015
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

Rubenstein Child Health Building
Building 1, Baltimore, MD 21287

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Wolf has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency
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