Ronald L. Wolf, MD, PhD
Radiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Nerve Center
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Chief, MRI Modality
- Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Associate Professor of Radiology in Neurosurgery
My education and training
- Medical School: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
- Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
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.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Neuroradiology
- Diagnostic Radiology, 1998
- American Society of Functional Neuroradiology, National
- American Society of Neuroradiology, National
- International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, International
- Radiological Society of North America, International
- The Eastern Neuroradiological Society, Local
- Penn Cerebrovascular Disease Center
- Penn Nerve Center
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Wolf RL (Guest Editor) Essentials of Neuroradiology , Radiol Clin North Am, 44(1): 2006
Jones CE, Wolf RL, Detre JA, Das B, Saha PK, Wang J, Zhang Y, Song HK, Wright AC, Mohler, EM, III, Fairman RM, Zager EL, Velazquez OC, Golden MA, Carpenter JP, Wehrli FW Structural MRI of carotid artery atherosclerotic lesion burden and characterization of hemispheric cerebral blood flow before and after carotid endarterectomy , NMR Biomed, 19(2): 2006,198-208
Wang S, Wolf RL, Woo JH, Wang J, O’Rourke DM, Roy S, Melhem ER, Poptani H Actinomycotic Brain Infection: Registered Diffusion, Perfusion MR Imaging and MR Spectroscopy , Neuroradiology, 48(5): 2006,346-350
Wolf RL, Wang J, Wang S, Melhem ER, O’Rourke DM, Judy KD, Detre JA. Grading of CNS Neoplasms Using Continuous Arterial Spin Labeled Perfusion MR Imaging at 3 Tesla , J Magn Reson Imaging, 22(4): 2005,475-482
Wolf RL, Wehrli SL, Popescu AM, Woo JH, Song HK, Wright AC, Mohler EM, III, Harding JD, Zager EL, Fairman RM, Golden MA, Velazquez OC, Carpenter JP, Wehrli FW. Mineral volume and morphology in carotid plaque specimens using high resolution magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography , Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 25(8): 2005,1729-1735
Wang J, Zhang Y, Wolf RL, Roc AC, Alsop DC, Detre JA. Amplitude-modulated continuous arterial spin-labeling 3.0-T perfusion MR imaging with a single coil: feasibility study , Radiology, 235(1): 2005,218-228
Kasner SE, Sheth KN, Wu GF, Messe SR, Wolf RL Sirolimus may not cause neurotoxicity in kidney and liver transplant recipients , Neurology, 65(2): 2005,337-338
Wolf RL Vascular injuries of the neck and thoracic inlet: helical CT-angiographic correlation , Radiographics, 24(4): 2004,1087-1098; discussion 1099-1100
Sheth KN, Wu G, Messe SR, Wolf RL, Kasner SE Dialysis disequilibrium: another reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome? , Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 105(4): 2003,249-252