- Stroke
- Transient ischemic attack
Aaron I. Rothstein, MD
About me
- Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Wake Forest UniversityMedical School
- NYU Langone Medical CenterResidency
- Pennsylvania HospitalFellowship
Spoken languages
Insurance accepted
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Doylestown Hospital: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Lancaster General Hospital
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Neurology, 2019
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, National
- American Heart Association, National
- Cerebrovascular disease care
- Neurocritical care
- Stroke care
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Goicoechea EB, Ellsworth P, Siegler JE, Brorson JR, Lineback CM, Conyers FG, Kerrigan D, Eklund K, Yaghi S, Khasiyev F, Melkumova E, Culbertson CJ, D'Souza M, Jillella DV, Glover P, Aboul-Nour H, Nahab F, Shahrivari M, Nedelcu S, Liebeskind DS, Smith MM, Rothstein A, Bowman A, Zha A, Kala N, Abu Qdais A, Al Kasab S, Farooqui M, Rojas-Soto D, Aziz Y, Herpich F, Daniel JP, Thompson SL, Patel V, Nguyen TN, Sehgal S, Yu W, Kam W, Van Coevering R, Dumitrascu OM, Alvi M, Krishnaiah B, Salehi Omran S, Linares G, Singh E, Ali H, Penckofer M, Thon JM, Mannion S, Chahien D, Chen L, Talat F, Abbasi M, Sharma R. Anticoagulation Treatment Response Among Phenotypic ESUS Clusters: Evidence From CASPR , Ann Clin Transl Neurol: 2026
Penckofer M, Siegler J, Goldstein ED, Murphy K, Smith M, Bowman A, Nahab F, Daniel JP, Stretz C, Mannion S, Gaudio E, Thacker Q, Nelson A, Sathya A, Kam W, Kang J, Ro J, Thompson SL, Glover P, Sehgal S, Conyers FG, Xi R, Sarkar M, Melkumova E, Abburi N, Rothstein A, Thottempudi N, Sharma R, Aboul-Nour H, Chen L, Farooqui M, Rozental SF, Dumitrascu OM, Sharief A, Kerrigan DLG, Almallouhi E, Al-Kasab S, Chionatos RA, Peshwe K, Luan C, Doolittle C, Lineback CM, Valhuerdi Porto C, Stamm B, Kala N, Nguyen T, Linares G, Khezri N, Zubair AS, Nedelcu S, Yaghi S, Van Coevering RJ, Eklund K, Khasiyev F, Herpich F, Brorson JR, Thon JM. Association Between Insurance Status on Risk of Stroke Recurrence with Incident Cryptogenic Stroke: A Secondary Analysis of the Cardiac Abnormalities in Stroke Prevention and Recurrence Study , Neuroepidemiology: 2026
Rosa SDB, Soares M, Nunes AP, Shu L, Wu E, Henninger N, Muppa J, Heldner MR, Antonenko K, Omran S, Nehme A, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Metanis I, Leker RR, Ghannam M, Rioux B, Romoli M, Zedde M, Pascarella R, Kam W, Grory BM, Velez F, Penckofer M, Siegler J, Zubair AS, Marto JP, Krupka D, Elnazair M, Yaghi S, Aguiar de Sousa D. Cervical artery dissection after upper respiratory infection: clinical features and prognosis , Acta Neurol Belg: 2026
Rothstein A, Andres W, Abbruzzese S, Stulberg E, Law CA, Murthy S, Kamel H, Sloane KL, Schneider ALC. Trends in Vascular Risk Factor Control Among US Adults With Prior Stroke: 1999 to 2023 , J Am Heart Assoc, 15: 2026,e046500
Sarraj A, Thomalla G, Yoshimura S, Huo X, Costalat V, Zaidat OO, Arquizan C, Johns H, Yogendrakumar V, Churilov L, Pujara D, Sitton CW, Liebeskind DS, Inoue M, Majoie C, Beenen L, Abdulrazzak MA, Chaturvedi A, Singh S, Parsons MW, Denis A, Sakai N, Nguyen TN, Albucher JF, Kasab SA, Hassan AE, Abraham M, Rai A, Henon H, Sun D, Yamagami H, Subtil F, Bonekamp S, Uchida K, Yuan G, Gory B, Smith W, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Blackburn S, Sheth SA, Marnat G, Liu L, Shirakawa M, Fiehler J, Jensen M, Shindo S, Nogueira RG, Grandhi R, Jabbour P, Hussain MS, Dippel D, Wang Y, Yazawa Y, Simonsen CZ, Wang Y, Chen M, Hill MD, Grotta JC, Lapergue B, Jovin TG, Yoo AJ, Bendszus M, Campbell BCV, Morimoto T, Miao Z; ATLAS Investigators. Endovascular thrombectomy for patients with large-core ischaemic stroke presenting up to 24 h after onset (ATLAS): a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis with central imaging adjudication , Lancet: 2026
Bakradze E, Shu L, Yaghi S, Tran TLN, Crandal RC, Lester E, Mandel DM, Siegler JE, Penckofer M, Liberman AL, Field TS, Khan F, Kam W, Mac Grory B, Saleh Velez FG, Henninger N, Elangovan C, Krishnaiah B, Gandhi P, Shahripour RB, Ghannam M, Heldner MR, Antonenko K, Rothstein A, Leker RR, Metanis I, Samaniego E, Romoli M, Zedde M, Pascarella R, Nguyen TN, Klein P, Khasiyev F, Khazaal O, Almajali M, Zubair AS, Elnazeir M, Marto JP, Nehme A, Giles JA, Engelter ST, Stretz C, Salehi Omran S. Possible Diagnostic Error in Cervical Artery Dissection: Analysis of STOP-CAD Study , J Am Heart Assoc: 2026
Sharma R, McNamara KF, Badillo Goicoechea E, Bowman A, Van Coevering R, Chen L, Penckofer M, Singh E, Kerrigan D, Aboul-Nour H, Nahab F, Glover P, Krishnaiah B, Yaghi S, Khasiyev F, Lineback C, Melkumova E, Culbertson C, Nguyen TN, Thompson SL, Jillella D, Daniel JA, Aziz Y, Alvi M, Herpich F, Shahrivari M, Chionatos RA, Elangovan C, Kang J, Zha A, Farooqui M, Rothstein A, Khan F, Smith M, Brown S, Abu Qdais A, Liebeskind DS, Abburi N, Rozental S, Nedelcu S, Thon JM, Stretz C, Thottempudi N, Yu W, Eklund K, Linares G, de Havenon A, Siegler JE. Recurrent Stroke in Patients With Cryptogenic Stroke and Left Ventricular Injury: The Cardiac Abnormalities in Stroke Prevention and Recurrence (CASPR) Study , Stroke: 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: 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: 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: 2026