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

Dr. Wolfe was Chief of Emergency Medicine at BIDMC, a level one trauma center, from 1999 to 2025. He trained 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 internationally and nationally in ED operational topics such as designing integrated emergency departments, ED quality, ED workflow management, ED leadership, trauma patient management, geriatric emergencies, and the relationship between emergency medicine specialty training with ED quality of care and operational efficiency.

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