David A. Wolk, MD
Neurology
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Schedule onlineCall 215-662-7810

David A. Wolk, MD

Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 65 and up
Penn Memory Center
Schedule onlineCall 215-662-7810
Headshot of David A. Wolk, MD
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Division Chair, Cognitive Disorders
  • Co-Director, Penn Memory Center
  • Professor of Neurology

My education and training

  • Johns Hopkins UniversityMedical School
  • University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency
  • Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s HospitalFellowship

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

168 reviews

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Anonymous
October 2026
No need for details Dr. Wolk is consistently top of his game
Anonymous
October 2026
The evaluation was detailed and respectful.
Anonymous
October 2026
He is a good and caring person
Anonymous
October 2026
He is very thorough and answers any question you may have. He is also very knowledgeable.

Insurance accepted

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Locations

PRIMARY LOCATION
215-662-7810
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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Wolk is a Penn Medicine provider.

Qualifications and experience

All conditions and treatments

Research

Publications

Wolk DA, Dickerson BC Fractionating verbal episodic memory in Alzheimer's disease. , NeuroImage, 54(2): 2010,1530-9

Wolk DA, Dickerson BC Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype has dissociable effects on memory and attentional-executive network function in Alzheimer's disease. , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(22): 2010,10256-61

Wolk DA, Dunfee KL, Dickerson BC, Aizenstein HJ, Dekosky ST A medial temporal lobe division of labor: Insights from memory in aging and early Alzheimer disease. , Hippocampus, 21(5): 2010,461-6

Wolk DA, Price JC, Saxton JA, Snitz BE, James JA, Lopez OL, Aizenstein HJ, Cohen AD, Weissfeld LA, Mathis CA, Klunk WE, DeKosky ST Amyloid imaging in mild cognitive impairment subtypes. , Annals of Neurology, 65(5): 2009,557-68

Dickerson BC, Wolk DA MRI cortical thickness biomarker predicts AD-like CSF and cognitive decline in normal adults. , Neurology, 78(2): 2011,84-90

Pluta J, Yushkevich P, Das S, Wolk D In vivo Analysis of Hippocampal Subfield Atrophy in Mild Cognitive Impairment via Semi-Automatic Segmentation of T2-Weighted MRI. , Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 31(1): 2012,85-99

Wolk DA, Price JC, Madeira C, Saxton JA, Snitz BE, Lopez OL, Mathis CA, Klunk WE, Dekosky ST Amyloid imaging in dementias with atypical presentation. , Alzheimer's & Dementia, 8(5): 2012,389-98

Wolk DA, Mancuso L, Kliot D, Arnold SE, Dickerson BC Familiarity-based memory as an early cognitive marker of preclinical and prodromal AD. , Neuropsychologia, 51(6): 2013,1094-102