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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
Education:
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.
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certificate in Neurology , 2019.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certificate in Vascular Neurology, 2020.
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Selected Publications

Marto JP, Shu L, Wu E, Mendel DM, Heldner MR, Kaufmann JE, Leker RR, Zedde M, Nehme A, Muppa J, Aguiar de Sousa D, Sousa JA, Fonseca AC, Nzwalo H, Romoli M, Salehi Omran S, Keser Z, Bavarsad Shahripour R, Kam W, Zubair A, Saleh Velez FG, Elangovan C, Krishnaiah B, Metanis I, Pascarella R, Siegler JE, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Antonenko K, Simpkins AN, Lester E, Crandall R, Rosa S, Soares MD, Bakradze E, Willey JZ, Ghannam M, Samaniego EA, Elnazeir M, Klein P, Traenka C, Henninger N, Nguyen TN, Engelter ST, Yaghi S.: Recurrent Cervical Artery Dissection Prevalence and Predictors: A Secondary Analysis of the STOP-CAD Study. Stroke Jan 2026.

Jonathan Silver interviews Aaron Rothstein on the Medical Aid in Dying Act: Aaron Rothstein on the Medical Aid in Dying Act. The Tikvah Podcast Jan 2026 Notes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aaron-rothstein-on-the-medical-aid-in-dying-act/id921756215?i=1000744392462.

Metanis I, Shu L, Akpokiere F, Jubran H, Mandel DM, Nolte CH, Siegler JE, Engelter ST, Grory BM, Frontera J, Khan M, Rothstein A, Schwartzmann Y, Marto JP, Zedde M, Poppe AY, Jubeh T, Keser Z, AlMajali M, Shalabi F, Henninger N, Antonenko K, Heldner MR, Rosa S, Khazaal O, E Kaufman J, Traenka C, Bakradze E, Zubair A, Ranasinghe T, Sousa JA, Mantovani GP, Simpkins AN, Omran SS, Sargento-Freitas J, Elnazeir M, de Sousa DA, Yaghi S, Leker RR.: Effects of Intradural Extension of Extracranial Cervical Artery Dissection on Outcomes: A Secondary Analysis From the STOP-CAD Study. Ann Neurol Jan 2026.

Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Messe S, Liu Y, Hennessy S, Chen Y, Algra A, Uchiyama S, Poli S, Geisler T, Serna Higuita LM, Perera K, Taylor A, Kasner SE.: Switching From Aspirin Monotherapy After Noncardioembolic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. Stroke Dec 2025.

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.

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