Timothy Wolff, MD

Professor
Psychiatry

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-5555
Office Fax: 214-648-5599

timothy.wolff@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Dr. Wolff obtained his undergraduate degree in Biology at Brown University in 1979. He went on to obtain his medical degree at U.T. Southwestern in 1983. Dr. Wolff did his internship and residency training at Baylor College of Medicine, completing it in 1987. Dr. Wolff joined the U.T. Southwestern Faculty in 1987. Dr. Wolff?s clinical expertise is in the area(s) of adult outpatient psychiatry, suicide, and student mental health. Currently, Dr. Wolff serves as the assistant medical director at the Parkland Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic and is a professor of psychiatry. In addition, he is a staff psychiatrist at U.T. Southwestern Medical Center Student Health Services. Dr. Wolff is a lecturer and supervisor of psychiatry residents. He is an associate residency training director for the psychiatry department. Dr. Wolff?s research participation has been in the area(s) of novel antipsychotics, suicide, and electroconvulsive therapy. Dr. Wolff has been honored by receiving the following awards: American Psychiatric Association Distinguished Fellow and Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. In addition, Dr. Wolff is a member of the North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (past president)and the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians. Dr. Wolff is a past president of the U.T. Southwestern Medical School Faculty Senate.

Education

ResidencyBaylor College of Medicine, Psychiatry (1987)
InternshipBaylor College of Medicine, Psychiatry (1984)
Medical SchoolUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (1983)

Research Interests

depression
psychotherapy
student mental health
suicide

Publications

Featured
Supervision: the residents' perspective

Pate, Wolff , Academic Psychiatry , Fall 1990; (14(3)):122-128

Featured
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

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

Honors/Awards

Nancy C.A. Roeske

Certificate in Excellence in Medical Student Education, American Psychiatric Associate (2005)

Distinguished Fellow

American Psychiatric Association (2003)

Fellow

American Psychiatric Association (1995)

Exemplary Psychiatrist Award

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (1994)

Eugen Kahn Award

for Psychiatric Excellence, Baylor College of Medicine (1987)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Psychiatric Association

North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians

Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians

TMA & DCMS