Elizabeth R Wolf, MD, MPH
Associate professor
General Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Locations
Areas of interest
Support of the breastfeeding mother
Care of the newborn baby
Counselling families about vaccinations
Bio
Dr. Wolf completed a fellowship in General Academic Pediatrics at the University of Washington. After her fellowship, she joined the faculty of VCU and the Children’s Hospital of Richmond. In 2019, Dr. Wolf was awarded a KL2 Grant from the Center for Clinical and Translational Research to study the promotion of high-value preventive pediatric care. She serves as Co-Chair for the Academic Pediatric Association Health Care Value Special Interest Group. She is part of a national collaborative to identify ways to “Safely Do Less” and reduce the amount of low-value care delivered to children. Her research focuses on optimizing the quality, safety, and value of services that children receive. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and NPR.
Education
Research interests
Publications
Wolf ER, Rivara FP, Sen A, Woolf SH. Sudden unexpected infant death and disparities in infant mortality in the US, 1999-2022. JAMA Pediatrics. 2025. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.6200
Wolf ER, Newman TB, Redberg RF. Low Uptake of Lipid Screening—Concerning Nonadherence or Appropriate Skepticism? JAMA Pediatrics. 2024; doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.5995
Wolf ER, Rivara FP, Orr CJ, Sen A, Chapman DA, Woolf SH. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among US Youth. JAMA. 2024;331(20):1732-1740. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.3908
Wolf ER, Nyugen M, Sabo RT, Foster R, Avula D, Gilbert J, Freymiller C, Nelson BB and Krist AH. School Closure and Child Maltreatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Child Maltreatment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595241252350
Money NM, Wolf ER, Marin JR, Liang D, Thomas E, Ho T. 2023 Update on Pediatric Overuse. Pediatrics. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2023-062650
Woolf SH, Wolf ER, Rivara FP. The New Crisis of Increasing All-Cause Mortality in US Children and Adolescents. JAMA. March 2023. 329(12):975-976. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.3517. PMID: 36912829
Wolf ER, Sonenklar N, Schefft M, Haskell H, and James J. Is There Evidence of ADHD Overdiagnosis in Children? Am Fam Physician. March 2023. 107(3):292-296. PMID: 36920825
Nelson BB, Ratushnyak D, Richards A, Sabo, RT, Wolf ER, and Krist AH. Using claims data to map unmet service needs for early childhood developmental disabilities in VA. Academic Pediatrics. March 2023. 23(2):457-463. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2022.09.003. PMID: 36108999
Wolf ER, Sabo RT, Lavallee, M, French, E, Schroeder, AR, Huffstetler, AN, Schefft, M Krist AH. Overuse of Reflux Medications in Infants. Pediatrics. February 2023. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-058330. PMID: 36756736
Saadeh-Jackson S, Rodriguez L, Leffler C, Freymiller C, Wolf ER, Couser N. Ophthalmia Neonatorum due to Escherichia Coli: A Rare Cause or an Emerging Bacterial Etiology of Neonatal Conjunctivitis? Clinical Case Reports. 2022 Aug 5;10(8):e6201. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6201. PMID: 35949413
Schefft M, Wolf ER, and Quinonez R. Appropriate Use of Electrocardiograms in Preparticipation Physical Exams. American Academy of Family Physicians. 2022 Mar 1;105(3):302-306. PMID: 35289568
Money NM, Schroeder AR, Quinonez, RA, Ho T, Marin JR, Wolf ER, Morgan DJ, Dhruva SS, Coon ER. 2021 Update on Pediatric Overuse. Pediatrics. 2022; Feb 1;149(2):e2021053384. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-053384. PMID: 35059726
Wolf ER, Richards AR, Lavallee, M, Sabo RT, Schroeder AR, Schefft M, Krist AH. Patient, Provider and Healthcare System Characteristics Associated with Overuse in Bronchiolitis. Pediatrics, October 2021; doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-051345.
Wolf ER, Donahue E, Sabo RT, Nelson, BB, Krist AH. Barriers to Attendance of Prenatal and Well-Child Visits. Academic Pediatrics, January 2021; doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2020.11.025
Wolf ER, Krist AH, Schroeder AR. De-implementation in Pediatrics: Past, Present, and Future. JAMA Pediatrics. November, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.4681
Wolf ER, O’Neil J, Pecsok J, Etz RS, Opel DJ, Wasserman R and Krist AH. Caregiver and Clinician Perspectives on Missed Well-Child Visits. Annals of Family Medicine. January/February 2020 vol. 18 no. 1 30-34 doi: 10.1370/afm.2466
Wolf ER, Tong ST, Sabo RT, Woolf SH, Abbinanti K, Pecsok J and Krist, AH. A State-Level Study of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Access and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. BioMed Central Pediatrics. October 2019 23;19(1):371. doi: 10.1186/s12887-019-1718-x.