Kimberly Wolf, DO, FACOP, FAAP, FAAPO

She/Her/Hers

Areas of Expertise

• Pediatric osteopathic manipulative medicine

Biography

Dr. Kimberly Wolf is the Director of Pediatric Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) and Professor of OMM at Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine-California (TUCOM). Prior to this role, Dr. Wolf served as the co-program director of the Osteopathic Recognition Track of the Pediatric Residency Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital/Ohio State University, which was the first pediatric program to receive ACGME Osteopathic Recognition.

She received her medical degree from Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 2010 and completed her internship and pediatrics residency training at the Nationwide Children's Hospital’s dually accredited program in Columbus, Ohio. After graduating, Dr. Wolf began her practice at Nationwide Children’s Hospital as a general pediatrician and also developed a pediatric OMM clinic where she trained medical students and residents.

She is a board-certified pediatrician and Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians and American Academy of Pediatrics. She has spoken nationally and regionally on osteopathic scholarly activity and pediatric OMM including at OMED, OPSC, AAO, ACOP, and AAP. Dr. Wolf has served on numerous national committees for the AAO, AAP, AAPO, ACGME, ACOP, NBOME, and OPSC. She also currently serves as the President of the American Academy of Pediatric Osteopathy (AAPO) and recently became one of the first to earn the designation of Fellow of the AAPO (FAAPO).

In addition to pediatric OMT, Dr. Wolf is passionate about osteopathic research. She has done research on concussions, feeding dysfunction, asthma, constipation in chemotherapy and how all of these conditions can be helped with OMT. Her current research in conjunction with Osteopathy’s Promise to Children is the OPT-IN study. This is a randomized-crossover trial evaluating the role of OMT in treating plagiocephaly. She also serves as the OMM Section Editor for the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine and founded the Conference on Osteopathic Research and Knowledge (CORK) in 2024.

Education

• Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Doctor’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, Dually Accredited Pediatric Resident, July 2010-June 2013
• Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, August 2006-May 2010
• Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ Bachelor of Science in Biology, August 2002-May 2006

Recent Publications

Nguyen, M.H., Luo, S., Shah, U., Lepinski, A., Chadda, S., Li, T., Nguyen, D., Nguyen, P., Tice, L., Abueg, J., Wolf, K. Body-Based Therapies in the Management of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Scoping Review. Poster presentation at the Conference on Osteopathic Research and Knowledge (CORK), Old Westbury, NY, June 23, 2024. Awarded third-place.

Wolf, K., Martone, J., Runyan, B., Nicklaw, C., Utilization of Pediatric OMT Now – The UPON Study. Poster presentation at the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians’ spring conference, Denver, CO, April 2024.

King, H. H., Mai, J., Morelli Haskell, M. A., Wolf, K., & Sweeney, M. (2023). Effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment on children with plagiocephaly in the context of current pediatric practice: A Retrospective Chart Review Study. Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1515/jom-2023-0168

Wolf, K., Widjaja, F., OKeefe, W., Chen, Y., Breard, M., Parenteau, C., Keys, J., Riemer, R., & Hendren, R. L. (2023). Osteopathic manipulative treatment for autism spectrum disorder: Three case reports. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2023.100700

Mitter Pardo J, Davis G, Keys JA, Wolf, K. Integrating Structural Competency Curriculum into Osteopathic Principles for Preclinical Students. Brief talk at Educating Leaders 2021 AACOM Annual Conference, April 2021

Jones, L. Q. M., Regan, C., Wolf, K., Bryant, J., Rakowsky, A., Pe, M., & Snyder, D. A. (2021). Effect of osteopathic manipulative treatment on pulmonary function testing in children with asthma. Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 121(6), 589–596. https://doi.org/10.1515/jom-2020-0040

Belsky JA, Wolf K, Setty BA. A Case of Resolved Vincristine-Induced Constipation Following Osteopathic Medicine in a Patient With Infantile Fibrosarcoma. J Am Osteopath Assoc 2020;120(10):691–695. doi: https://doi.org/10.7556/jaoa.2020.102.

Winger K, Hendriksz T, Wolf K, Talsma J, Pierce-Talsma S. Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Pediatric Patients With Otitis Media. J Am Osteopath Assoc 2020;120(3):e5–e6. doi: https://doi.org/10.7556/jaoa.2020.033.

Sarti F, Wolf K, Talsma J, Pierce-Talsma S. Mesenteric Lift for Constipation in Cystic Fibrosis. J Am Osteopath Assoc 2019;119(7):e36–e37. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2019.085.

Rakowsky, A,, Backes, C., Mahan, J., Wolf, K., Zmuda, E. “The Development of a Pediatric Osteopathic Recognition Track.” Academic Pediatrics, 2019, doi:10.1016/j.acap.2019.06.005.

Kimberly Wolf, Tracy Krinard, Joel Talsma, Stacey Pierce-Talsma. “OMT for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.” Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 2017;117(12):e141. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2017.153.

Gupta, Shivani Rani, and Kimberly J Wolf. “Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment: A Case Presentation.” ACOP EJournal, vol. 10, no. 1, 2017.

Pediacast 384, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Podcast released August 23, 2017 through Nationwide Children’s Hospital to a national audience

Castillo, Iris, Kimberly J. Wolf, and Alex Rakowsky. "Concussions and OMM: An Adolescent Case Presentation." Journal of the American Osteopathic Association (2016)

Pediacast 316, Back Pain in Student Athletes. Podcast released April 30, 2015 through Nationwide Children’s Hospital to a national audience

Wolf, K. Reshaping Plagiocephaly in Pediatrics…Literally! Poster presentation at ACOP/AAP meeting, April 2013

Memberships and Affiliations

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Academy of Osteopathy
• American Academy of Pediatric Osteopathy
• American Osteopathic Association
• American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians