- Medical School - UT Southwestern Medical Center (1979-1983)
- Residency - Baylor College of Medicine (1984-1987), Psychiatry
- Internship - Baylor College of Medicine (1983-1984), Psychiatry
Timothy Wolff, M.D.
- Psychiatry
- Adult Psychiatry
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Biography
Dr. Wolff obtained his undergraduate degree in Biology at Brown University in 1979 and went on to obtain his medical degree at UT Southwestern in 1983. Dr. Wolff completed his internship and residency training at Baylor College of Medicine in 1987 and joined the UT Southwestern faculty that same year. He is a professor of psychiatry and an associate training director for the general adult psychiatry program. Dr. Wolff's clinical expertise is in the areas of adult outpatient psychiatry and student mental health. Currently, Dr. Wolff serves as the assistant medical director at the Parkland Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, is a staff psychiatrist at UT Southwestern Medical Center Student Wellness and Counseling, and teaches as a lecturer and supervisor of psychiatry residents. Dr. Wolff's research participation has been in the areas of novel antipsychotics, suicide, and electroconvulsive therapy. Dr. Wolff has been honored as an American Psychiatric Association Distinguished Life Fellow and by receiving the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and being elected as a faculty member of the local chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society. Dr. Wolff is a member of the North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (past president) and the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (past president). Dr. Wolff is a past president of the UT Southwestern Medical School Faculty Senate as well.
Education & Training
Professional Associations & Affiliations
- American Psychiatric Association
- Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
- North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
- Texas Medical Association
- Dallas County Medical Society
Honors & Awards
- Fellow 1995, American Psychiatric Association
- Distinguished Fellow 2003, American Psychiatric Association
- Nancy C.A. Roeske 2005, Certificate in Excellence in Medical Student Education, American Psychiatric Associate
- Eugen Kahn Award 1987, for Psychiatric Excellence, Baylor College of Medicine
- Exemplary Psychiatrist Award 1994, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
- Super Doctor 2018, Texas Monthly
Books & Publications
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Publications
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Structured diagnostic assessment and depot fluphenazine treatment of multiple suicide attempters in the emergency department
Battaglia, Wolff, Wagner-Johnson, Rush, Carmody, Ramirez-Bosco International Clinical Psychopharmacology 1999 vol 14 no 6 361-372 -
Using Roleplaying to Teach the Psychiatric Interview
Wolff, T.K.; Miller, D.A. Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry 1993 46(2) 43-51 -
Supervision: the residents' perspective
Pate, Wolff Academic Psychiatry Fall 1990 14(3) 122-128
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Structured diagnostic assessment and depot fluphenazine treatment of multiple suicide attempters in the emergency department
Research
- suicide
- student mental health
- psychotherapy
- depression
Clinical Focus
- Adult Psychiatry
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders