Joshua J. Brotman, MD

Pulmonary Medicine

5.0 with 117 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Joshua J. Brotman, MD

Pulmonary Medicine

5.0 with 117 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

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)
Dr. Brotman is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Abnormal Chest CT Scan
Airway Diseases
Airway Obstruction
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Asthma
Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BPAP)
Chronic Bronchitis
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic Respiratory Failure
Emphysema
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
Home Assisted Ventilation
Hypercarbia
Hypoventilation Syndrome
Reactive Airway Disease
Smoking related Disease
Ventilator Dependent
Wheezing

Abnormal Chest CT Scan
Acute Bronchiolitis due to Other Infectious Organisms
Airway Diseases
Airway Obstruction
Airway Scarring
Allergic Aspergillosis
Allergic Wheezing
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Aspiration Pneumonia (Aspiration Pneumonitis)
Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease (AERD)
Asthma
Asthma Frequent Emergency Room Visits
Asthma Frequent Hospitalizations
Asthmatic Bronchitis
Atelectasis
Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BPAP)
Bronchial Diseases
Bronchiectasis
Bronchiolitis
Bronchitis
Bronchospasm
Chronic Bronchitis
Chronic Cough
Chronic Lung Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic Respiratory Failure
Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis (Black Lung Disease)
Cough
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
Dyspnea
Dyspnea On Exertion
Emphysema
Eosinophilic Lung Disease
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
Home Assisted Ventilation
Hypercarbia
Hypoventilation Syndrome
Hypoxia
Lung Cancer Screening
Lung Disease
Lung Infection
Lung Infiltrate
Lung Nodule
Occupational Lung Disease
Pneumonitis
Pulmonary Amyloid
Pulmonary Bullae
Pulmonary Function Tests
Radiation Pneumonitis
Reactive Airway Disease
Silicosis
Smoker's Cough
Smoking related Disease
Sputum Production
Tracheobronchitis
Ventilator Dependent
Wheezing

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Brotman is part of these programs:

Board Certification

Critical Care Medicine, 2021
Internal Medicine, 2016
Pulmonary Disease, 2019

Education and Training

Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Residency: UCSF Medical Center and Hospital
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Primary Location

Harron Lung Center University City

Penn Medicine University City
10th Floor
3737 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

A facility of Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

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

Overall Ratings

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Aetna US Healthcare
Amerihealth Caritas
Amerihealth Caritas Medicare
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare

Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

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): 1548-1558,2021.

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): e13515,2019.

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 : 13-24,2015.

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): E1713-20,2014.

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): 365-374,2012.

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.

Academic Contact Information

University of Pennsylvania
Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
36th and Spruce Streets, Room 827 W. Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

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