Penn Medicine Provider
Pulmonary Medicine
Joshua J. Brotman, MD
5.0
(161)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Harron Lung Center University City
Schedule onlineCall 215-662-8766

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: UCSF Medical Center and Hospital
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

161 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.

March 2025
5.0
5.0
he is a very smart and intelligent doctor, but he also has great empathy and understanding and a great way to deal with people personally
March 2025
5.0
5.0
he's good
March 2025
5.0
5.0
i feel very lucky! it is like i hit the trifecta for a great doctor, super smart, very compassionate & a great sense of humor!!!
March 2025
5.0
5.0
dr is patient and open. seems to care

Insurance accepted

My Locations

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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

My research

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

Joshua J. Brotman and Robert M. Kotloff 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

Dobrian AD, Brotman JJ, Ma Q, Lieb D, Nadler JL Lipoxygenase Expression in Obese Diabetic Human Adipose Tissue and Changes with Bariatric Surgery , American Diabetes Association: 2011

Nadler JL, Ma Q, Brotman JJ, Dobrian AD Twist-1 Expression in Human Fat Depots and Changes with Diabetes and Bariatric Surgery. , American Diabetes Association: 2011

Brotman JJ, Nadler JL, Dobrian AD Reduced Inflammation in Human Omental Adipose Tissue Following Bariatric Surgery , Eastern Virgina Medical School: 2010