Jennifer Moriatis Wolf, MD, is a renowned orthopaedic hand surgeon with expertise in the surgical and non-surgical treatment of bone, nerve, tendon and ligament injuries caused by trauma or overuse. She provides comprehensive care to treat pain and restore form and function in the hand, wrist and elbow. She is also highly skilled in the surgical removal of tumors of the upper extremity, partnering with orthopaedic oncologists to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Dr. Wolf has a special interest in tennis elbow and atypical peripheral nerve problems. She has clinical and research interests in the treatment of arthritis of the base of the thumb. She also received grant funding from the U.S. Department of Defense to study the role of vitamin D in bone and joint problems.
A devoted educator and mentor, Dr. Wolf shares her expertise with fellows, residents and medical students. She also conducts basic and clinical research studies, investigating strategies to improve patient outcomes in orthopaedic hand, wrist and elbow care.
Dr. Wolf has been awarded the prestigious Bunnell Fellowship from the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, as well as the American-British-Canadian Traveling Fellowship from the American Orthopaedic Association. She serves on the governing Council of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, and is the deputy editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hand Surgery.
Lund University Faculty of Medicine
Lund, Sweden
PhD in Hand Surgery
2016
Mayo Clinic Division of Hand Surgery
Rochester, MN
Hand Surgery Fellowship
2003
Brown University Division of Orthopaedic Trauma
Providence, RI
Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship
2002
Brown University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Providence, RI
Residency
2001
Brown University Department of Surgery
Providence, RI
Internship
1997
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
M.D.
1996
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
B.A. - magna cum laude with General Honors
1991
Prospective Evaluation of Surgical and Anesthetic Technique of Carpal Tunnel Release in an Orthopedic Practice.
Aultman H, Roth CA, Curran J, Angeles J, Mass D, Wolf JM, Mica MC. Prospective Evaluation of Surgical and Anesthetic Technique of Carpal Tunnel Release in an Orthopedic Practice. J Hand Surg Am. 2020 Oct 01.
PMID: 33012615
Proximal Median Nerve Compression: Pronator Syndrome.
Adler JA, Wolf JM. Proximal Median Nerve Compression: Pronator Syndrome. J Hand Surg Am. 2020 Dec; 45(12):1157-1165.
PMID: 32893044
Digital Ischemia in COVID-19 Patients: Case Report.
Schultz K, Wolf JM. Digital Ischemia in COVID-19 Patients: Case Report. J Hand Surg Am. 2020 06; 45(6):518-522.
PMID: 32387155
Olecranon Fracture through Persistent Olecranon Apophysis in a 21-Year-Old Male: A Case Report and Systematic Review of the Literature.
Twu J, Landy DC, Wolf JM. Olecranon Fracture through Persistent Olecranon Apophysis in a 21-Year-Old Male: A Case Report and Systematic Review of the Literature. J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol. 2020 Mar; 25(1):110-113.
PMID: 32000610
Occupational load as a risk factor for clinically relevant base of thumb osteoarthritis.
Wolf JM, Turkiewicz A, Atroshi I, Englund M. Occupational load as a risk factor for clinically relevant base of thumb osteoarthritis. Occup Environ Med. 2020 03; 77(3):168-171.
PMID: 31959639
ICON 2019-International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: There are nine core health-related domains for tendinopathy (CORE DOMAINS): Delphi study of healthcare professionals and patients.
Vicenzino B, de Vos RJ, Alfredson H, Bahr R, Cook JL, Coombes BK, Fu SN, Gravare Silbernagel K, Grimaldi A, Lewis JS, Maffulli N, Magnusson SP, Malliaras P, Mc Auliffe S, Oei EHG, Purdam C, Rees JD, Rio EK, Scott A, Speed C, Akker-Scheek IVD, Weir A, Wolf JM, Zwerver J. ICON 2019-International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: There are nine core health-related domains for tendinopathy (CORE DOMAINS): Delphi study of healthcare professionals and patients. Br J Sports Med. 2020 Apr; 54(8):444-451.
PMID: 31685525
Current State in Scientific Publishing: AOA Critical Issues Symposium.
Wolf JM, Sandell LJ, Leopold SS, Dodson KL. Current State in Scientific Publishing: AOA Critical Issues Symposium. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Oct 02; 101(19):e101.
PMID: 31577686
ICON PART-T 2019-International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: recommended standards for reporting participant characteristics in tendinopathy research (PART-T).
Rio EK, Mc Auliffe S, Kuipers I, Girdwood M, Alfredson H, Bahr R, Cook JL, Coombes B, Fu SN, Grimaldi A, de Vos RJ, Lewis JS, Maffulli N, Malliaras P, Magnusson SP, Oei EHG, Purdam CR, Rees JD, Scott A, Gravare Silbernagel K, Speed C, Akker-Scheek IVD, Vicenzino BT, Weir A, Wolf JM, Zwerver J. ICON PART-T 2019-International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: recommended standards for reporting participant characteristics in tendinopathy research (PART-T). Br J Sports Med. 2020 Jun; 54(11):627-630.
PMID: 31519545
ICON 2019: International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: Clinical Terminology.
Scott A, Squier K, Alfredson H, Bahr R, Cook JL, Coombes B, de Vos RJ, Fu SN, Grimaldi A, Lewis JS, Maffulli N, Magnusson SP, Malliaras P, Mc Auliffe S, Oei EHG, Purdam CR, Rees JD, Rio EK, Gravare Silbernagel K, Speed C, Weir A, Wolf JM, Akker-Scheek IVD, Vicenzino BT, Zwerver J. ICON 2019: International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: Clinical Terminology. Br J Sports Med. 2020 Mar; 54(5):260-262.
PMID: 31399426
Performance of missing transverse momentum reconstruction with the ATLAS detector using proton-proton collisions at s=13TeV.
Aaboud M, Aad G, Abbott B, Abdinov O, Abeloos B, Abidi SH, AbouZeid OS, Abraham NL, Abramowicz H, Abreu H, Abreu R, Abulaiti Y, Acharya BS, Adachi S, Adamczyk L, Adelman J, Adersberger M, Adye T, Affolder AA, Afik Y, Agatonovic-Jovin T, Agheorghiesei C, Aguilar-Saavedra JA, Ahmadov F, Aielli G, Akatsuka S, Akerstedt H, Åkesson TPA, Akilli E, Akimov AV, Alberghi GL, Albert J, Albicocco P, Alconada Verzini MJ, Alderweireldt S, Aleksa M, Aleksandrov IN, Alexa C, Alexander G, Alexopoulos T, Alhroob M, Ali B, Alimonti G, Alison J, Alkire SP, Allbrooke BMM, Allen BW, Allport PP, Aloisio A, Alonso A, Alonso F, Alpigiani C, Alshehri AA, Alstaty MI, Alvarez Gonzalez B, Álvarez Piqueras D, Alviggi MG, Amadio BT, Amaral Coutinho Y, Amelung C, Amidei D, Amor Dos Santos SP, Amoroso S, Amundsen G, Anastopoulos C, Ancu LS, Andari N, Andeen T, Anders CF, Anders JK, Anderson KJ, Andreazza A, Andrei V, Angelidakis S, Angelozzi I, Angerami A, Anisenkov AV, Anjos N, Annovi A, Antel C, Antonelli M, Antonov A, Antrim DJA, Anulli F, Aoki M, Aperio Bella L, Arabidze G, Arai Y, Araque JP, Araujo Ferraz V, Arce ATH, Ardell RE, Arduh FA, Arguin JF, Argyropoulos S, Arik M, Armbruster AJ, Armitage LJ, Arnaez O, Arnold H, Arratia M, Arslan O, Artamonov A, Artoni G, Artz S, Asai S, Asbah N, Ashkenazi A, Asquith L, Assamagan K, Astalos R, Atkinson M, Atlay NB, Augsten K, Avolio G, Axen B, Ayoub MK, Azuelos G, Baas AE, Baca MJ, Bachacou H, Bachas K, Backes M, Bagnaia P, Bahmani M, Bahrasemani H, Baines JT, Bajic M, Baker OK, Baldin EM, Balek P, Balli F, Balunas WK, Banas E, Bandyopadhyay A, Banerjee S, Bannoura AAE, Barak L, Barberio EL, Barberis D, Barbero M, Barillari T, Barisits MS, Barkeloo J, Barklow T, Barlow N, Barnes SL, Barnett BM, Barnett RM, Barnovska-Blenessy Z, Baroncelli A, Barone G, Barr AJ, Barranco Navarro L, Barreiro F, Barreiro Guimarães da Costa J, Bartoldus R, Barton AE, Bartos P, Basalaev A, Bassalat A, Bates RL, Batista SJ, Batley JR, Battaglia M, Bauce M, Bauer F, Bawa HS, Beacham JB, Beattie MD, Beau T, Beauchemin PH, Bechtle P, Beck HC, Beck HP, Becker K, Becker M, Becot C, Beddall A, Beddall AJ, Bednyakov VA, Bedognetti M, Bee CP, Beermann TA, Begalli M, Begel M, Behr JK, Bell AS, Bella G, Bellagamba L, Bellerive A, Bellomo M, Belotskiy K, Beltramello O, Belyaev NL, Benary O, Benchekroun D, Bender M, Bendtz K, Benekos N, Benhammou Y, Benhar Noccioli E, Benitez J, Benjamin DP, Benoit M, Bensinger JR, Bentvelsen S, Beresford L, Beretta M, Berge D, Bergeaas Kuutmann E, Berger N, Beringer J, Berlendis S, Bernard NR, Bernardi G, Bernius C, Bernlochner FU, Berry T, Berta P, Bertella C, Bertoli G, Bertolucci F, Bertram IA, Bertsche C, Bertsche D, Besjes GJ, Bessidskaia Bylund O, Bessner M, Besson N, Bethani A, Bethke S, Bevan AJ, Beyer J, Bianchi RM, Biebel O, Biedermann D, Bielski R, Bierwagen K, Biesuz NV, Biglietti M, Billoud TRV, Bilokon H, Bindi M, Bingul A, Bini C, Biondi S, Bisanz T, Bittrich C, Bjergaard DM, Black JE, Black KM, Blair RE, Blazek T, Bloch I, Blocker C, Blue A, Blum W, Blumenschein U, Blunier D, Bobbink GJ, Bobrovnikov VS, Bocchetta SS, Bocci A, Bock C, Boehler M, Boerner D, Bogavac D, Bogdanchikov AG, Bohm C, Boisvert V, Bokan P, Bold T, Boldyrev AS, Bolz AE, Bomben M, Bona M, Boonekamp M, Borisov A, Borissov G, Bortfeldt J, Bortoletto D, Bortolotto V, Boscherini D, Bosman M, Bossio Sola JD, Boudreau J, Bouffard J, Bouhova-Thacker EV, Boumediene D, Bourdarios C, Boutle SK, Boveia A, Boyd J, Boyko IR, Bracinik J, Brandt A, Brandt G, Brandt O, Bratzler U, Brau B, Brau JE, Breaden Madden WD, Brendlinger K, Brennan AJ, Brenner L, Brenner R, Bressler S, Briglin DL, Bristow TM, Britton D, Britzger D, Brock I, Brock R, Brooijmans G, Brooks T, Brooks WK, Brosamer J, Brost E, Broughton JH, Bruckman de Renstrom PA, Bruncko D, Bruni A, Bruni G, Bruni LS, Brunt BH, Bruschi M, Bruscino N, Bryant P, Bryngemark L, Buanes T, Buat Q, Buchholz P, Buckley AG, Budagov IA, Bugge MK, Bührer F, Bulekov O, Bullock D, Burch TJ, et al. Performance of missing transverse momentum reconstruction with the ATLAS detector using proton-proton collisions at s=13TeV. Eur Phys J C Part Fields. 2018; 78(11):903.
PMID: 30353129
Office of Faculty Initiatives Grant Award
The University of Chicago
2016
Connecticut Technology Council Women of Innovation Award
2014
American British Canadian Traveling Fellowship – American Orthopaedic Association
2013
Sterling Bunnell Traveling Fellowship –American Society for Surgery of the Hand
2010
Clinician Scientist Award – Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
2008
Leadership Fellows Program – American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
2008
John J. Fahey North American Traveling Fellowship –American Orthopaedic Association
2007
American Society for Surgery of the Hand – Young Member Leadership Program
2006
Alexandra Kirkley Traveling Fellowship - Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society
2006
United States Bone and Joint Decade Young Investigator
2005
Haffenreffer Award for Resident Research
2001
William G. Munn Memorial Prize for Promise in Orthopaedics
1996
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
1995
Phi Beta Kappa
1990
Chancellor’s Scholar (full four-year college merit scholarship)
1987