Kenneth E. Wolf, Ph.D.

A Short Biography:

Kenneth Wolf is the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the College of Medicine at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science and is also a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology. He received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Speech and Hearing from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his doctorate in Communicative Disorders from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a certified diversity trainer and holds ASHA certification in Audiology and California Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing licenses. Dr. Wolf is a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology, the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Dr. Wolf has received the Honors of the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and has also been a recipient of the distinguished Dorothy Dreyer Award for Volunteerism from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Dr. Wolf has conducted research on auditory evoked potentials. He has also published and presented papers at the local, state, and national level on healthcare reform, healthcare financing and reimbursement, managed care, treatment outcomes, and legislative advocacy. His current interests are focused on evidence-based practice, medical education, faculty development, cultural competence and health disparities. 

Dr. Wolf is involved in many professional organizations including membership in the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; American Academy of Audiology, and American Auditory Society. He has served on numerous ASHA Committees and Boards including the as first Coordinator of the Audiology and Hearing Science Assembly, and currently serves as on the Committee on Honors. He is a member of the AAMC Group on Educational Affairs - CME Section Steering Committee. He has also held leadership positions, including a recent term as President, in the Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education.


Work Titles
CTSI Member, CTSI Member, Workforce Development
Charles Drew University Professor, Department of Otolaryngology Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs
UCLA Professor, Surgery
Education:
Degrees:
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972 - 1977
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1970 - 1972
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1966 - 1970

Contact Information:

Email Address:

kewolf@cdrewu.edu

Work Email Address:

kennethwolf@cdrewu.edu


Website:

http://www.cdrewu.edu/

Fax Number:

(323) 357-3650

310-794-3724

Work Phone Number:

(310) 668-4835

(323) 563-4975

310-794-3728

Mailing Address:

UCLA Psychr & Biobehav Sci
BOX 957082, Ste 300, UCLA Wilshire Cntr
Los Angeles, CA 90095


Office Address:

1731 East 120th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90059


Publications:

A selected list of publications:

Bazargan Mohsen, Makar Marian, Bazargan-Hejazi Shahrzad, Ani Chizobam, Wolf Kenneth E   Preventive, lifestyle, and personal health behaviors among physicians Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry, ; 33(4): 289-95.
Kim Gloria Y, Wolf Kenneth E, Kuo Tony   Factors that influence career selection among medical students Family medicine, 2010; 42(4): 236-7.
Shah Ameet Arvind, Bazargan-Hejazi Shahrzad, Lindstrom Richard W, Wolf Kenneth E   Prevalence of at-risk drinking among a national sample of medical students Substance abuse : official publication of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, 2010; 30(2): 141-9.
Stucky Shelese R, Wolf Kenneth E, Kuo Tony   The economic effect of age-related hearing loss: national, state, and local estimates, 2002 and 2030 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2010; 58(3): 618-9.
Kuo Tony, Wolf Kenneth E   Faculty development as a strategy for retaining family physicians in academic medicine Family medicine, 2007; 39(3): 159-60.
Bazargan Mohsen, Lindstrom Richard W, Dakak Alan, Ani Chizobam, Wolf Kenneth E, Edelstein Ronald A   Impact of desire to work in underserved communities on selection of specialty among fourth-year medical students Journal of the National Medical Association, 2006; 98(9): 1460-5.
Ogunyemi Dotun, Bazargan Mohsen, Norris Keith, Jones-Quaidoo Sean, Wolf Kenneth, Edelstein Ronald, Baker Richard S, Calmes Daphne   The development of a mandatory medical thesis in an urban medical school Teaching and learning in medicine, 2005; 17(4): 363-9.

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