Aaron Rothstein, MD

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Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Site PI for cAPPricorn-1, University of Pennsylvania
Independent Medical Monitor for MyStroke, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology

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3400 Spruce St
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Education:
BA (History-PreMed)
Yale University, 2009.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Wake Forest School of Medicine, 2015.
MS (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2022.
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Selected Publications

Farhan Khan, Christoph Stretz, Skylar Lewis, Dalia Chahien, Shaista Alam, Tarek El Halabi, Chris Guerrero, Hadley walsh, Jennifer Frontera, Kelly Sloane, Mirjam Heldner, Kateryna Antonenko, rich baker, Thanh Nguyen, Ajay Tunguturi, Muhib Khan, James Klaas, Nicole Marrone, David Liebeskind, James Siegler, Rami Morsi, Johanna Helenius, Pooja Khatri, Joao Freitas, Yasmin Aziz, Aaron Rothstein, Liqi Shu, Mahasen Reda, Argyro Tountopoulou, Mohammad Khasawneh, Piers Klein, Adam de Havenon, William Almiri, Shyam Prabhakaran, Mohammad AlMajali, Osama Zaidat, Ahmad Abu Qdais, Margy McCullough-Hicks, Cheran Elangovan, Joao Andre Sousa, Michele Romoli, Nils Henninger, Joao Pedro Marto, Ayush Agarwal, Sami Al Kasab, Sridhara Yaddanapudi, Balaji Krishnaiah, Diana Aguiar De Sousa, Shadi Yaghi: Predictors of 90-Day Recurrent Stroke in Patients with High-Grade Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis: A subgroup analysis from the BIORISK-ICAS Study. International Stroke Conference February 2026.

Christian Sidebottom, Setareh Salehi Omran, Shadi Yaghi, Ligi Shu, Conner Lee, Ross Crandell, Evan Lester, Nils Henninger, Jayachandra Muppa, Muhammed Gunduz, Mirjam Heldner, Antonenko Katheryna, Ahmad Nehme, Muhib Khan, Dania Mallick, Aaron Rothstein, Ossama Khazaal, Josefin Emelie Kaufmann, Stefan Engelter, Christopher Traenka, Preet Gandhi, Issa Metanis, Ronen Leker, Regina Von Renneberg, Reza Bavarsad Shahripour, Xiaofan Guo, Malik Ghannam, Mohammad AlMajali, Edgar Samaniego, Ana Fonseca, Diana Cruz, Michele Romoli, Zafer Keser, Zedde Marialuisa, Brian Mac Grory, Ekaterina Bakradze, Faddi Saleh Velez, Mary Penckofer, James Siegler, Joshua Willey, Adeel Zubair, Joao Pedro Marto, Piers Klein, Thanh Nguyen, Farid Khasiyev, Alexis Simpkins, Marwa Elnazeir, Cheran Elangovan, Balaji Krishnaiah: Sex-Specific Differences in Presentation and Outcomes after Cervical Artery Dissection. International Stroke Conference February 2026.

Muhammad Aemaz Ur Rehman, Farhan Khan, Shadi Yaghi, Sami Al Kasab, Ahmad Abu Qdais, Sridhara Yaddanapudi, Sabiha Sultana, Muhib Khan, Maarij Malik, James Klaas, Christopher Leon Guerrero, Faddi Saleh Velez, Cameron Owens, Camila Pinto, Margy McCullough-Hicks, Dawson Cooper, Abhiram Parameswaran Pillai, Praveen Hariharan, Shaista Alam, Mirjam Heldner, Kateryna Antonenko, William Almiri, Aaron Rothstein, Balaji Krishnaiah, Cheran Elangovan, Ayush Agarwal, Michele Romoli, Marrone Nicola, Stefano Vozzi, Malik Ghannam, Mahmoud Dibas, Joao Pedro Marto, Mohammad AlMajali, Alexis Simpkins, Diana Aguiar De Sousa, Mafalda Soares, Amanda Lima, James Siegler, Argyro Tountopoulou, SOFIA Vasilopoulou, Adam de Havenon, Nils Henninger, Johanna Helenius, Mohammad Khasawneh, Piers Klein, Liqi Shu, Pooja Khatri, Thanh Nguyen, David Liebeskind, Ekaterina Bakradze: Dual Antiplatelet versus Anticoagulant-Plus-Antiplatelet Therapy in Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerosis: A Multicenter Comparative Study. International Stroke Conference February 2026.

Pargol Balali, Baris Alten, Banafsheh Shakibajahromi, Shenghua Zhu, Yu Sakai, Sriharsha Voleti, Konstanze Guggenberger, Aaron Rothstein, Brooks Applewhite, Jae Song, Steven Messe, Scott Kasner: Morphologic Features of Carotid Webs and Risk of Ischemic Stroke. International Stroke Conference February 2026.

Christoph Stretz, Liqi Shu, Daniel Mandel, Edgar Samaniego, Thanh Nguyen, David Liebeskind, Christopher Leon Guerrero, Mirjam Heldner, Marcel Arnold, Setareh Salehi Omran, Ahmad Nehme, Joao Sousa, Muhib Khan, Aaron Rothstein, Stefan Engelter, Diana Aguiar De Sousa, Thalia Field, Ronen Leker, Vishnu Dantu, Richard Choi, Malik Ghannam, Alexandre Poppe, Ana Catarina Fonseca, Michele Romoli, Zafer Keser, Jennifer Frontera, Marialuisa Zedde, Brian MacGrory, Sami Al Kasab, Ekaterina Bakradze, Marc Rodrigo-Gisbert, Faddi Saleh Velez, Venugopalan Vishnu, Sridhara Yaddanapudi, Adeel Zubair, Joao Pedro Marto, Piers Klein, Sheila Martins, Balaji Krishnaiah, Cheran Elangovan, Abid Qureshi, Marina Mannino, SOFIA Vasilopoulou, Mohammed Sarvath, Tareq Kass-Hout, Shayak Sen, Marwa Elnazeir, Farhan Khan, Karen Furie, Shadi Yaghi: Incidental Cerebral Aneurysms in Patients with Cervical Artery Dissection. International Stroke Conference February 2026.

Muhib Khan, Zafer Keser, Thanh Nguyen, Elizabeth Lee, Melanie Ho, Liqi Shu, Piers Klein, Dania Mallick, Kim Griffin, Daniel Mandel, Ronen Leker, Issa Metanis, Balaji Krishnaiah, Setareh Salehi Omran, Reza Bavarsad Shahripour, Ekaterina Bakradze, Nils Henninger, Stefan Engelter, Mirjam Heldner, Antonenko Katheryna, James Siegler, Joao Pedro Marto, Aaron Rothstein, Ossama Khazaal, Christian Nolte, Ross Crandall, Evan Lester, Ahmad Nehme, Brian MacGrory, Malik Ghannam, Mohammad AlMajali, Adeel Zubair, Marwa Elnazeir, Sami Al Kasab, Syed Daniyal Asad, Anvesh Balabhadra, Ana Catarina Fonseca, Diana Cruz, Michele Romoli, Faddi Saleh Velez, Alexis Simpkins, Shayak Sen, Marialuisa Zedde, Edgar Samaniego, Christoph Stretz, Wayneho Kam, Mohamad AbdalKader, Shadi Yaghi: Incidence, risk factors, aneurysm growth, and outcomes of cervical artery dissection patients with dissecting aneurysm: STOP-CAD subanalysis. International Stroke Conference February 2026.

Balaji Krishnaiah, Setareh Salehi Omran, Cheran Elangovan, Liqi Shu, Christian Sidebottom, Conner Lee, Ross Crandell, Evan Lester, Nils Henninger, Jayachandra Muppa, Muhammed Gunduz, Mirjam Heldner, Antonenko Katheryna, Nehme Ahmad, Muhib Khan, Dania Mallick, Aaron Rothstein, Ossama Khazaal, Josefin Emelie Kaufmann, Stefan Engelter, Christopher Traenka, Preet Gandhi, Issa Metanis, Ronen Leker, Regina Von Renneberg, Reza Bavarsad Shahripour, Xiaofan Guo, Malik Ghannam, Mohammad AlMajali, Edgar Samaniego, Ana Fonseca, Diana Cruz, Michele Romoli, Zafer Keser, Zedde Marialuisa, Brian Mac Grory, Ekaterina Bakradze, Faddi Saleh Velez, Mary Penckofer, James Siegler, Joshua Willey, Adeel Zubair, Joao Pedro Marto, Piers Klein, Thanh Nguyen, Farid Khasiyev, Alexis Simpkins, Marwa Elnazeir, Shadi Yaghi: Pregnancy-Associated Cervical Artery Dissection: STOP-CAD Analysis. International Stroke Conference February 2026.

Setareh Salehi Omran, Liqi Shu, Shadi Yaghi, Christian Sidebottom, Ross Crandall, Evan Lester, Conner Lee, Nils Henninger, Jayachandra Muppa, Muhammed Gunduz, Mirjam Heldner, Kateryna Antonenko, Ahmad Nehme, Muhib Khan, Dania Mallick, Aaron Rothstein, Ossama Khazaal, Josefin Emelie Kaufmann, Stefan Engelter, Christopher Traenka, Preet Gandhi, Issa Metanis, Ronen Leker, Regina von Rennenberg, Reza Bavarsad Shahripour, Xiaofan Guo, Malik Ghannam, Mohammad AlMajali, Edgar Samaniego, Ana Fonseca, Diana Cruz, Michele Romoli, Zafer Keser, Marialuisa Zedde, Brian Mac Grory, Ekaterina Bakradze, Faddi Saleh Velez, Mary Penckofer, James Siegler, Joshua Willey, Adeel Zubair, Joao Pedro Marto, Piers Klein, Thanh Nguyen, Farid Khasiyev, Alexis Simpkins, Marwa Elnazeir, Balaji Krishnaiah, Cheran Elangovan: Young Adults with Cervical Artery Dissection have a Distinct Clinical Phenotype: A Post-Hoc Analysis of the STOP-CAD Study. International Stroke Conference February 2026.

Baris Alten, Pargol Balali, Shenghua Zhu, Banafsheh Shakibajahromi, Sriharsha Voleti, Yu Sakai, Konstanze Guggenberger, Aaron Rothstein, Brooks Applewhite, Jae Song, Scott Kasner, Steven Messe: Comparative Risk of Recurrent Stroke in Stroke-Causing and Asymptomatic Carotid Webs. International Stroke Conference February 2026.

Wells Andres, Aaron Rothstein, Sabrina Abbruzzese, Eric Stulberg, Connor Law, Santosh Murthy, Hooman Kamel, Kelly Sloane, Andrea Schneider: Trends in Vascular Risk Factor Control Among US Adults with Prior Stroke: 1999-2018. International Stroke Conference February 2026.

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