
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.
BA (History-PreMed)
Yale University, 2009.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Wake Forest School of Medicine, 2015.
MS (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2022.
Post-Graduate Training
Internship, Rose Tech Ventures, 2011-2011.
Resident in Internal Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, 2015-2016.
Resident in Neurology, NYU School of Medicine, 2016-2019.
Fellow in Vascular Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2020.
Internship, Rose Tech Ventures, 2011-2011.
Resident in Internal Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, 2015-2016.
Resident in Neurology, NYU School of Medicine, 2016-2019.
Fellow in Vascular Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2020.
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certificate in Neurology , 2019.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certificate in Vascular Neurology, 2020.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certificate in Neurology , 2019.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certificate in Vascular Neurology, 2020.
Selected Publications
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.
Richa Sharma, MD, MPH, James Siegler, MD, Anna Bowman, MD, PhD, Russell Van Coevering, MD, MBA, Lucia Chen, MD, Mary Penckofer, BA, Eesha Singh, MD, Deborah Kerrigan, MD, MA, Hassan Aboul-Nour, MD, Fadi Nahab, MD, Balaji Krishnaiah, MD, Shadi Yaghi, MD, Farid Khasiyev, MD, Christina Lineback, MD, Collin Culbertson, MD, Anvitha Sathya, BS, Sean Thompson, MD, Dinesh Jillella, MD, Jennifer Ro, MD, Yasmin Aziz, MD, Muhammad Alvi, MD, Franziska Herpich, MD, Mahan Shahrivari, MD, Cheran Elangovan, MBBS, Jieun Kang, MD, Alicia Zha, MD, Mudassir Farooqui, MD, MPH, Aaron Rothstein, MD, Farhan Khan, MD, Matthew Smith, MD, MA, Samantha Brown, BS, Monica Sarkar, MD, Ahmad Abu Qdais, MD, David Liebeskind, MD, Nandini Abburi, MD, Stefano Rozental, BA, Simona Nedelcu, MD, PhD, Thanh Nguyen, MD, Farman Ali, MD, Jesse Thon, MD, BS, Christoph Stretz, MD, Neeharika Thottempudi, MBBS, Setareh Salehi Omran, MD, and Adam de Havenon, MD: Recurrent Stroke in Patients with Cryptogenic Stroke and Left Ventricular Injury: The Cardiac Abnormalities in Stroke Prevention and Recurrence (CASPR) study. International Stroke Conference 2025. American Heart Association, 56, 2025 Notes: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/str.56.suppl_1.DP55.
Kelsey Eklund, MD, James Siegler, MD, Anna Bowman, MD PhD, Russell Van Coevering, MD, MBA, Lucia Chen, MD, Mary Penckofer, BA, Deborah Kerrigan, MD, MA, Hassan Aboul-Nour, MD, Fadi Nahab, MD, Shadi Yaghi, MD, Farid Khasiyev, MD, Christina Lineback, MD, Collin Culbertson, MD, Richa Sharma, MD, Anvitha Sathya, BS, Dinesh Jillella, MD, Yasmin Aziz, MD, Muhammad Alvi, MD, MBBS, Franziska Herpich, MD, Mahan Shahrivari, MD, Cheran Elangovan, MD, Alicia Zha, MD, Mudassir Farooqui, MD, MPH, Aaron Rothstein, MD, Farhan Khan, MD, James Brorson, MD, Samantha Brown, BS, Ahmad Abu Qdais, MD, David Liebeskind, MD, Simona Nedelcu, MD, Thanh Nguyen, MD, Jesse Thon, MD, BS, and Setareh Salehi Omran, MD: Recurrent stroke in patients with incident cryptogenic stroke and underlying malignancy: A secondary analysis of the CASPR study. International Stroke Conference 2025. American Heart Association, 56, 2025 Notes: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/str.56.suppl_1.WP284.
Mary Penckofer, BA, Eric Goldstein, MD, Murphy Kathleen, BSN, Matthew Smith, MD, MA, Anna Bowman, MD, PhD, Fadi Nahab, MD, Jean-Philippe Daniel, MD, Christoph Stretz, MD, Shani Peter, MD, Elizabeth Gaudio, MD, Quentin Thacker, MD, Ashley Nelson, DO, Anvitha Sathya, BS, Wayneho Kam, MD, Jieun Kang, MD, Jennifer Ro, MD, Sean Thompson, MD, Patrick Glover, BS, Siddharth Sehgal, MD, Romi Xi, MD, Monica Sarkar, MD, Emiliya Melkumova, MD, Nandini Abburi, MD, Aaron Rothstein, MD, Jesse Thon, MD, Neeharika Thottempudi, MD, Hassan Aboul-Nour, MBChB, Kelsey Eklund, BS, MD, Mudassir Farooqui, MD, MPH, Stefano Rozental, BA, Oana Dumitrascu, MD, Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH, Deborah Kerrigan, MD, MA, Eyad Almallouhi, MD, Sami Al Kasab, MD, Krithika Peshwe, MBBS, Cindy Luan, MD, Charles Doolittle, MD, Christina Lineback, MD, Lester Leung, MD, Narendra Kala, MBBS, MD, Guillermo Linares, MD, Nicole Khezri, MD, Simona Nedelcu, MD, PhD, Shadi Yaghi, MD, Setareh Salehi Omran, MD, and James Siegler, MD: Impact of Insurance Status on Risk of Stroke Recurrence with Incident Cryptogenic Stroke: A secondary analysis of the CASPR study. International Stroke Conference 2025. American Heart Association, 56, 2025 Notes: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/str.56.suppl_1.TP275.
Lindgren E, Shu L, Simaan N, Krzywicka K, de Winter MA, Sánchez van Kammen M, Molad J, Klein P, Hallevi H, Barnea R, Heldner MR, Hiltunen S, de Sousa DA, Ferro JM, Arauz A, Putaala J, Arnold M, Nguyen TN, Stretz C, Tatlisumak T, Jood K, Yaghi S, Leker RR, Coutinho JM; DIAS research collaboration; Mansour M, Canhão P, Ekizoglu E, Rodrigues M, Silva EM, Garcia-Esperon C, Arnao V, Aladin S, Mendel R, Aridon P, Sezgin M, Alasheev A, Smolkin A, Guisado-Alonso D, Yesilot N, Barboza MA, Ghiasian M, Silvis SM, Fang T, Siegler JE, Wu T, Wilson D, Asad SD, Al Kasab S, Almallouhi E, Frontera J, Rothstein A, Bakradze E, Omran SS, Henninger N, Kuohn L, Zubair A, Sharma R, Kerrigan D, Aziz Y, Mistry E, Zuurbier SM.: Development and Validation of a Clinical Score to Predict Epilepsy After Cerebral Venous Thrombosis. JAMA Neurol Oct 2024.