Overview
A native Washingtonian, Dr. Wolfe graduated Cum Laude from Amherst College, Amherst, MA where he received his BA in 1990 with a major in Religion. While there, he played varsity football and completed a senior thesis on Navajo Religious Medicine. In 1995 he received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. In 1999 he completed a residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Tufts University’s Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA. While at Baystate, he was honored with the House Staff/Fellow Citation for Excellence in Teaching Award, given by the Tufts University School of Medicine, Class of 1998.
From 1999 – 2002, Dr. Wolfe was employed by the Chinle Hospital of the Navajo Area Indian Health Service. During that time, he served as a staff physician, Medical Director of the Outpatient Department, and as Project Manager for an Outpatient Redesign and Expansion project. In 2002, he received the Superior Administrative Service Award.
In 2004, just prior to joining Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, P.C., Dr. Wolfe completed a Fellowship in Rheumatology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
From 2006-2023 Dr. Wolfe served as a volunteer rheumatologist at Mobile Med, Inc., a non-profit organization providing healthcare to the uninsured in Montgomery County, MD. In addition, he has volunteered as a rheumatologist on the Navajo Nation.
Dr. Wolfe is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis, Psoriasis, and Psoriatic Arthritis.
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Locations
5454 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 600, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Alan Baer graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1978 and completed his post-graduate medical training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt University Hospitals. He was a faculty member at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, from 1986 to 2007, and served there as Chief of the Section of Rheumatology and Fellowship Program Director. He joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2007 and is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of the Jerome L. Greene Sjogren's Syndrome Center. Since 2015, he has been an Investigator in the Sjogren's Syndrome Clinic at the National Institutes of Health. He was Chief of Rheumatology and Clinical Director of the Johns Hopkins University Rheumatology Practice at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland from 2007 to 2014. Dr. Baer is currently engaged in a number of research studies in the area of Sjogren's syndrome, both at Johns Hopkins and in the NIH Sjogren's Syndrome Clinic. He was the principal investigator of the NIH subcontract to Johns Hopkins to conduct the Sjogren's International Registry (SICCA) and enrolled 300 patients into the registry. The SICCA registry has been a rich source of clinical data and biospecimens for research that Dr. Baer is conducting with colleagues at both Hopkins and the University of California-San Francisco. He is conducting a longitudinal observational study of patients with Sjogren's syndrome. Dr. Baer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Sjogren Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Arthritis, and Interstitial Keratitis.
Gabor Illei is a Rheumatologist in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Illei is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Sjogren Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE), and Lupus Nephritis.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Grader-Beck is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Rheumatology Division. Dr. Grader-Beck’s clinical expertise includes the diagnosis and treatment of Sjogren's syndrome as well as inflammatory arthritis. He has a specific interest in improving quality of patient care and clinical research using state of the art information technology. He is developing innovative ways in how clinicians and researchers can leverage electronic health record systems to deliver individualized patient care and precision medicine. Dr. Grader is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Sjogren Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Interstitial Keratitis, and Dermatomyositis.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- OsteoporosisDr. Wolfe isDistinguished. Learn about Osteoporosis.
- Postmenopausal OsteoporosisDr. Wolfe isDistinguished. Learn about Postmenopausal Osteoporosis.
- PsoriasisDr. Wolfe isDistinguished. Learn about Psoriasis.
- Psoriatic ArthritisDr. Wolfe isDistinguished. Learn about Psoriatic Arthritis.
- Advanced
- Ankylosing SpondylitisDr. Wolfe isAdvanced. Learn about Ankylosing Spondylitis.
- ArthritisDr. Wolfe isAdvanced. Learn about Arthritis.
- Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA)Dr. Wolfe isAdvanced. Learn about Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA).
- BursitisDr. Wolfe isAdvanced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Calcium Pyrophosphate ArthritisDr. Wolfe isAdvanced. Learn about Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthritis.
- OsteopeniaDr. Wolfe isAdvanced. Learn about Osteopenia.
- Experienced
- Behcet DiseaseDr. Wolfe isExperienced. Learn about Behcet Disease.
- Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE)Dr. Wolfe isExperienced. Learn about Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE).
- DermatomyositisDr. Wolfe isExperienced. Learn about Dermatomyositis.
- Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
- Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE)Dr. Wolfe isExperienced. Learn about Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE).
- Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA, Churg-Strauss Syndrome)