Aaron Rothstein, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3400 Spruce St
Philadelphia, PA 19147
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.
Permanent linkBA (History-PreMed)
Yale University, 2009.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Wake Forest School of Medicine, 2015.
MS (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2022.
Selected Publications
Nehme A, Shu L, Boulanger M, Ma J, Arms S, Mandel D, Leon Guerrero CR, Kim ESH, Henninger N, Muppa J, Heldner MR, Antonenko K, Steinsiepe V, Arnold M, Salehi Omran S, Crandall R, Lester E, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Ghannam M, Almajali M, Samaniego EA, Rioux B, Poppe AY, Fonseca AC, Romoli M, Zedde M, Liebeskind DS, Mac Grory B, Kam W, Al Kasab S, Penckofer M, Zubair A, Sharma R, Marto JP, Krishnaiah B, Elangovan C, Elnazeir M, Khan F, Yaghi S, Touzé E; STOP-CAD investigators.: Fibromuscular Dysplasia and Spontaneous Cervical Artery Dissection. JAMA Netw Open 8: e2540800, Nov 2025.Yaghi S, Khan F, Lewis S, Stipanovich A, Choi R, Baker R, Al Kasab S, Abu Qdais A, Yaddanapudi SS, Sultana S, Khan M, Malik M, Klaas J, Bakradze E, Aemaz Ur Rehman M, Leon Guerrero C, Ressler HW, Saleh Velez FG, Owens C, Pinto CB, McCullough-Hicks M, Cooper D, Parameswaran Pillai A, Hariharan P, Alam S, Mayer M, Heldner MR, Kugler I, Antoneko K, Almiri W, Martins S, Secchi TL, Mantovani G, Rothstein A, Sloane K, Krishnaiah B, Alfred L, Elangovan C, Vishnu VY, Chandu M, Agarwal A, Romoli M, Marrone N, Vozzi S, Ghannam M, Elshikh M, Dibas M, Hou Y, Peshwe K, Tunguturi A, Marto JP, Duarte Armindo R, Frontera J, Kuohn L, AlMajali M, Zaidat OO, Barakat B, Khan N, Simpkins AN, Sen S, Coelho M, Sargento Fritas J, Sousa JA, Aguiar de Sousa D, Soares M, Lima A, Jhaveri A, Morsi RZ, Siegler J, Aziz YN, Harker P, Bhati S, Vassilopoulou S, Tountopoulou A, de Havenon A, Muddasani V, Henninger N, Tran H, Helenius J, Khasawneh M, Vellimana A, Apfel R, Molaie A, Mannino M, Terruso V, El Halabi T, Reda M, Tamer C, Klein P, Shu L, Khatri P, Furie K, Nguyen TN, Liebeskind DS, Prabhakaran S.: Impaired Perfusion and Early Ischemic Stroke Recurrence in Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerosis: BIORISK ICAS Study. Stroke Oct 2025.
Siegler JE, Goicoechea EB, Penckofer M, Eklund K, Yaghi S, Stretz C, Lineback CM, Stamm B, Peter S, D'Souza M, Conyers FG, Khasiyev F, Kerrigan D, Lewis S, Ali H, Aboul-Nour H, Sharma R, Nahab FB, Glover P, Thompson SL, Alshaer QN, Thottempudi N, de Havenon A, Culbertson CJ, Melkumova E, Chionatos RA, Jillella DV, Daniel JA, Ro J, Frankel MR, Dumitrascu OM, Brown S, Parikh P, Doolittle C, Yahnke I, Sathya A, Kang J, Kirchhoffer K, Bowman A, Smith MM, Brorson JR, Asabere A, Shahrivari M, Elangovan C, Sheibani N, Krishnaiah B, Gaudio E, Sloane KL, Rothstein A, Alvi MM, Annam S, Amankwah C, Kam W, Abburi N, Farooqui M, Rojas-Soto D, Molaie A, Khezri N, Zubair AS, Abbasi M, Van Coevering RJ, Chen L, Nedelcu S, Herpich F, Chahien D, Sehgal S, Liebeskind DS, Linares G, Zha A, Sarkar M, Xi R, Nelson A, Abu Qdais A, Al Kasab S, Singh E, Patel V, Aziz YN, Mehndiratta P, DeMarco A, Sharrief A, Cucchiara B, Salehi Omran S, Nguyen TN, Dubinski M, Ackerman J, Thon J.: Outcomes of Patients With Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source Treated With Antiplatelet Agents or Anticoagulation: A Multicenter Cohort Study. Neurology 105: e213876, Aug 2025.
Sarraj A, Blackburn S, Abraham MG, Hussain MS, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Chen M, Kasner SE, Churilov L, Sitton CW, Pujara DK, Sundararajan S, Hu YC, Herial NA, Budzik RF, Hicks WJ, Vora N, Arenillas JF, Alfonso ML, Ramos Araque ME, Tsai JP, Abdulrazzak MA, Kozak O, Yan B, Mitchell PJ, Cordato DJ, Manning NW, Cheung A, Hanel RA, Aghaebrahim AN, Wu TY, Portela PC, Merchán AJP, Gandhi CD, Al-Mufti F, Samaniego EA, Maali L, Qureshi A, Lechtenberg CG, Slavin S, Rosterman L, Gibson D, Wallace AN, Sahlein D, Pérez de la Ossa N, Hernández Pérez M, Schaafsma JD, Blasco J, Renú A, Sangha N, Warach S, Kleinig TJ, Mullen M, Elijovich L, Shaker F, Al-Shaibi FK, Johns H, Duncan KR, Opaskar A, Popovic MJ, Altose M, Ray A, Xiong W, Sunshine J, DeGeorgia M, Nguyen TN, Fifi JT, Tjoumakaris S, Jabbour P, Pereira VM, Lansberg MG, Albers GW, Sila C, Bambakidis N, Davis S, Wechsler L, Hill MD, Grotta JC, Ribo M, Hassan AE, Campbell BC; SELECT2 Investigators.: General vs Nongeneral Anesthesia for Endovascular Thrombectomy in Patients With Large Core Strokes: A Prespecified Secondary Analysis of SELECT2 Trial. Neurology 105: e213819, Jul 2025.
Chesnais H, Sloane KL, Witsch J, Favilla C, Kasner SE, Rothstein A.: Neurostimulant Use for Rehabilitation and Recovery After Stroke: A Narrative Literature Review. Stroke Apr 2025.
Mandel DM, Shu L, Chang C, Jack N, Leon Guerrero CR, Henninger N, Muppa J, Affan M, Ul Haq Lodhi O, Heldner MR, Antonenko K, Seiffge D, Arnold M, Salehi Omran S, Crandall R, Lester E, Lopez Mena D, Arauz A, Nehme A, Boulanger M, Touze E, Sousa JA, Sargento-Freitas J, Barata V, Castro-Chaves P, Brito MT, Khan M, Mallick D, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Kaufman JE, Engelter ST, Traenka C, Aguiar de Sousa D, Soares M, Rosa S, Zhou LW, Gandhi P, Field TS, Mancini S, Metanis I, Leker RR, Pan K, Dantu V, Baumgartner K, Burton T, von Rennenberg R, Nolte CH, Choi R, MacDonald J, Bavarsad Shahripour R, Guo X, Ghannam M, Almajali M, Samaniego EA, Sanchez S, Rioux B, Zine-Eddine F, Poppe A, Fonseca AC, Fortuna Baptista M, Cruz D, Romoli M, De Marco G, Longoni M, Keser Z, Griffin K, Kuohn L, Frontera J, Amar J, Giles J, Zedde M, Pascarella R, Grisendi I, Nzwalo H, Liebeskind DS, Molaie A, Cavalier A, Kam W, Mac Grory B, Al Kasab S, Anadani M, Kicielinski K, Eltatawy A, Chervak L, Chulluncuy Rivas R, Aziz Y, Bakradze E, Tran TL, Rodrigo Gisbert M, Requena M, Saleh Velez F, Ortiz Gracia J, Muddasani V, de Havenon A, Vishnu VY, Yaddanapudi S, Adams L, Browngoehl A, Ranasinghe T, et al.: Factors Associated With Stroke Recurrence After Initial Diagnosis of Cervical Artery Dissection. Stroke Mar 2025.
Aaron Rothstein interviews Charles Piller: Charles Piller on the Alzheimer's Research Industry. Searching for Medicine's Soul: Spotify Podcast March 2025 Notes: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2EwbgQhsvoBcmPll5XrM7z?si=89dQ8gz3SrSRtVr32XgEeA.
Aaron Rothstein: Medical Promise Betrayed. Wall Street Journal January 2025 Notes: https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/doctored-review-medical-promise-betrayed-1fce68ea?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink.
Sousa JA, Rodrigo-Gisbert M, Shu L, Luo A, Xiao H, Mahmoud NA, Shah A, Oliveira Santos AL, Moore M, Mandel DM, Heldner MR, Barata V, Bernardo-Castro S, Henninger N, Muppa J, Arnold M, Nehme A, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Kaufmann JE, Engelter ST, Traenka C, Metanis I, Leker RR, Nolte CH, Ghannam M, Samaniego EA, AlMajali M, Poppe AY, Romoli M, Frontera JA, Zedde M, Kam W, Mac Grory B, Saleh Velez FG, Ranasinghe T, Siegler JE, Zubair AS, Marto JP, Klein P, Nguyen TN, Abdalkader M, Mantovani GP, Simpkins AN, Sen S, Elnazeir M, Yaghi S, Sargento-Freitas J, Requena M.: Emergent Carotid Stenting During Thrombectomy in Tandem Occlusions Secondary to Dissection: A STOP-CAD Secondary Study. Stroke Jan 2025.
Ekaterina Bakradze, MD, Liqi Shu, MD, Shadi Yaghi, MD, Thanh Lam Tran, MD, Ross Crandall, MD, Evan Lester, MD, PhD, Daniel Mandel, MD, James Siegler, MD, Mary Penckofer, BA, Ava Liberman, MD, Thalia Field, MD, MHSc, Farhan Khan, MD, MS, Wayneho Kam, MD, Brian Mac Grory, MB BCH, BCH, Faddi Saleh Velez, MD, Nils Henninger, MD, PhD, Cheran Elangovan, MBBS, Balaji Krishnaiah, MD, Preet Gandhi, MD, Reza Bavarsad Shahripour, MD, Malik Ghannam, MB BCH, Mirjam Heldner, MD, Antonenko Katheryna, MD, Aaron Rothstein, MD, Issa Metanis, MD, Edgar Samaniego, MD, MS, Michele Romoli, MD, Zedde Marialuisa, MD, Thanh Nguyen, MD, Farid Khasiyev, MD, Ossama Khazaal, MD, Mohammad AlMajali, MD, Adeel Zubair, MD, Marwa Elnazeir, MD, Joao Pedro Marto, MD, MSc, Omair ul haq Lodhi, MD, Ahmad Nehme, MD, James Giles, MB ChB, PhD, and Setareh Salehi Omran, MD: Misdiagnosis in Cervical Artery Dissection: Analysis of STOP-CAD Study. International Stroke Conference 2025. American Heart Association, 56, 2025 Notes: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/str.56.suppl_1.155#tab-contributors.