Joshua J. Brotman, MD
Pulmonary Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Harron Lung Center University City
Schedule onlineCall 215-662-8766
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About me

  • Director, Inpatient Pulmonary Services, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Patient Safety Officer, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Director of Patient Safety, Department of Medicine
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • Residency: University of California San Francisco
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

199 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

January 2026
Dr. Brotman looks at the whole patient and not just one aspect of the patient's health. not all doctors so this.
January 2026
i've only seen him a few times each time he's been kind he listens to me and i highly recommend him
January 2026
i think that he is a very good doctor.
December 2025
this provider takes out the time to ask questions takes out the time to listen and gives me the best recommendation possible

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Brotman is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Liu H, Noguera-Ortega E, Dong X, Lee WD, Chang J, Aydin SA, Li Y, Shin Y, Shi X, Liousia M, Martinez MC, Brotman JJ, Kim S, Chen Z, Wang A, Ou Z, Paek J, Park JY, Liu A, Hu H, Xiao Z, Racca DM, Kim SJ, Worthen GS, Guo W, Puré E, Kang T, Rabinowitz JD, Wherry EJ, Moon EK, Albelda SM, Huh DD. A tumor-on-a-chip for in vitro study of CAR-T cell immunotherapy in solid tumors , Nature Biotechnology, Epub ahead of print : 2025

Rohi Gheewala, MD, Yulei Cao, MD, Susan Landon, MD, Timothy Karutz, MBA, William D. Schweickert, MD, Janae K. Heath, MD, MSCE, Joshua J. Brotman, MD, Brian Jacob Anderson, MD, MS Drivers of Prolonged Hospitalization for COPD Exacerbations: The Stakeholder Perspective , American Thoracic Society, San Francisco, CA: 2025

Tilsed CM, Brotman J, O'Brien S, Lee B, Moon E, Albelda SM. Identification and characterization of tissue resident memory T cells in malignant pleural effusions associated with non-small cell lung cancer. , Immunohorizons, 9(6): 2025,vlaf013

Joshua J. Brotman, M.D., Jeffrey C. Thompson, M.D., M.S., Marina C. Martinez, Steven M. Albelda, M.D. and Edmund K. Moon, M.D. Tissue Resident Memory CD8+ T cells are Present in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) Malignant Pleural Effusions (MPEs) , American Thoracic Society International Conference 2021: 2021

Brotman JJ, Kotloff RM. Providing Outpatient Telehealth Services in the United States: Before and During Coronavirus Disease 2019 , CHEST, 159(4): 2021,1548-1558

Brotman JJ, Thompson JC, Martinez MC, Linette GP, Carreno BM, Tursi T, Jozefowski M, Albelda SM, Moo, EK Tissue Resident Memory CD8+ T cells in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) Malignant Pleural Effusions (MPEs) are Defined by the Cell Surface Marker CD69 , Department of Medicine Research Day, University of Pennsylvania: 2020

Greenland JR, Wang P, Brotman JJ, Ahuja R, Chong TA, Kleinhenz ME, Leard LE, Golden JA, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Singer JP, Rajalingam R, Jones K, Laszik ZG, Trivedi NN, Greenland NY, Blanc PD Gene signatures common to allograft rejection are associated with lymphocytic bronchitis , Clinical Transplantation, 33(5): 2019,e13515

Dobrian AD, Hatcher MA, Brotman JJ, Galkina E, Moghadam PT, Pei H, Haynes BA, Nadler JL STAT4 contributes to adipose tissue inflammation and atherosclerosis , Journal of Endocrinology, 227: 2015,13-24

Lieb DC, Brotman JJ, Hatcher MA, Aye MS, Cole BK, Haynes BA, Wohlgemuth SD, Fontana MA, Beydoun H, Nadler JL, Dobrian AD Adipose tissue 12/15 lipoxygenase pathway in human obesity and diabetes , J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 99(9): 2014,E1713-20

Judd NP, Winkler AE, Murillo-Sauca OJ, Brotman JJ, Law JH, Lewis Jr JS, Dunn GP, Bui JD, Sunwoo JB, Uppaluri R ERK1/2 regulation of CD44 modulates oral cancer progressiveness , Cancer Research, 72(1): 2012,365-374