Penn Medicine Provider
Neurology
David A. Wolk, MD
5.0
(101)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 65 and up
Penn Memory Center
Make an appointmentCall 215-662-7810

About me

  • Co-Director, Penn Memory Center
  • Professor of Neurology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

101 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

April 2025
5.0
5.0
if anyone we know needed a recommendation for professional and caring neurologist, we would feel confident in knowing that they would get the needed care they'd be looking for.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
david is the best
March 2025
5.0
5.0
dr wolk always responds to my portal messages the same day. during our visit he always makes sure that he addresses all my concerns. i never feel rushed.
March 2025
5.0
5.0
excellent care

Insurance accepted

My Locations

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

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

Qualifications and experience

My research

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

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

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

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

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

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