Dr. Lee Wolfer

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Dr. Wolfer is Board Certified in three specialties:   Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine and Pain Medicine.  She received her MD from the University of California, San Francisco and her MS from the University of California, Berkeley.  She completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Wolfer has also completed 2 additional Fellowships:  Spine and Sports Medicine at the prestigious Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and an Interventional Spine Fellowship with Richard Derby, MD at the world-renowned Spinal Diagnostics and Treatment Center in Daly City, CA.  She is a leader in the community in Regenerative Injection Therapy (RIT) including platelet rich plasma.  RIT stimulates the body’s own natural healing response and is one of best ways to heal musculoskeletal pain naturally, particularly for acute sports injuries.

Dr. Wolfer is active in the community, volunteering at local sporting events, including the SF Marathon. She also worked for 3 years at the Oberlin Dance Company Healthy Dancer’s Free Clinic.  She recently returned from a medical trip to Honduras to provide treatment to people with musculoskeletal pain and arthritis.  Community service will always be essential part of her practice, while at Harvard, she received the highest award given to a medical resident --  the Dean’s Award for Community Service. 

Dr. Wolfer lectures regionally, nationally and internationally on spinal pain and sports medicine.  She has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals.  She is a member of the International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS), North American Spine Society (NASS), American Academy of Physical Medicine (AAPMR), American Institute for Ultrasound Medicine (AIUM) and the American Academy of Orthopedic Medicine (AAOM).

Her practice philosophy is to provide world-class care by integrating the best of traditional and complementary medicine within a collaborative, interdisciplinary treatment setting.  She works collaboratively with chiropractors, physical therapists and nutritionists to relieve musculoskeletal pain and get her patients back to the sports and other activities they love.



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