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Office
19120 N. Pima Rd Suite 125
Ste 125
Scottsdale, AZ 85255Phone+1 928-668-4999Fax+1 480-696-4710
Summary
- Dr. Elena Volfson is double Board-Certified in General Adult and Addiction Psychiatry. She is a Vice President for Outpatient Services at the Meadows Behavioral Health. She received her medical degree from Saint Petersburg Pavlov Medical University in Russia and completed Residency in Internal Medicine at St. Petersburg Medical Academy for Postgraduate Studies. She came to the US on the US Congress Scholarship and completed Master's Degree in Public Health with the focus in Epidemiology. She completed Residency in Psychiatry and Fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at the UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ ( now Rutgers Medical School). Dr. Volfson was on faculty at Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania for 8 years and at Mayo College of Medicine for 5 years. Dr. Volfson has been in practice for 21 years.
Education & Training
- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolFellowship, Addiction Psychiatry, 2006 - 2007
- Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolResidency, Psychiatry, 2002 - 2006
- Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical UniversityClass of 1996
- St. Petersburg Pavlov Medical UniversityB.S.
Certifications & Licensure
- AZ State Medical License 2022 - 2026
- CA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
- IL State Medical License 2022 - 2026
- WA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
- CO State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- GA State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- IN State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Addiction Psychiatry
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top Doctor of Phoenix Phoenix Magazine, 2017-2019
- Award for Significant Contribution Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society, 2015
- Jack Greenspan Award Philadelphia Psychiatric Society (Local Branch), American Psychiatric Association, 2013
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsUltrasonic Fasciotomy for the Treatment of Chronic Plantar Fasciopathy: A Prospective Study.Ryan C Kruse, Elena Volfson
Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. 2024-07-01
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Buprenorphine/Naloxone treatment of prescription opioid medication dependence and chronic painBerman JA, Bhatt S, Volfson E, Eftychiou N, Smelson D, Kaufman K, Skotzko CE, APA Annual Meeting, 1/1/2005
- Evaluation of suboxone in treating dependence on high-dose prescription opioid medicationsBerman JA, Volfson E, Bhatt SR, Wen AN, Skotzko CE, Psychosomatic Medicine Annual Meeting, 1/1/2005
Lectures
- Gender differences in substance use.Mayo Clinic, AZ - 1/1/2019
- High Substance Use Vulnerability in Female Physicians1/1/2018
- Opioid Epidemic in the USAMultiple Locations, 2018 - 1/1/2018
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Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- American Academy of Addiction PsychiatryMember
- Arizona Psychiatric SocietyMember
Other Languages
- Russian
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