Penn Medicine Provider
Gastroenterology
Kenneth D. Rothstein, MD
5.0
(467)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Gastroenterology Perelman
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About me

  • Director of Regional Outreach and Regional Hepatology
  • Professor of Clinical Medicine (Gastroenterology)

Dr. Rothstein has been recognized in Philadelphia magazine's annual Top Docs issues from 2018 to 2021.

In addition to Penn Medicine hospital privileges, Dr. Rothstein also has privileges at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, an affiliate of Penn Medicine.

Education and training

  • Medical School: Emory University
  • Residency: Emory University
  • Fellowship: Temple University Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

472 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.

May 2025
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he is very thorough and knowledgeable
May 2025
5.0
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great visit
May 2025
5.0
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it was a very good visit
April 2025
5.0
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i learned a lot of my problems.

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Rothstein is a Penn Medicine physician. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Manickavasagan H, Bianco B, Trebelev A, Rothstein K, and Munoz S. Correction of coagulopathy prior to paracentesis is associated with excessive albumin administration and no apparent clinical benefit. , Digest Diseases Week: 2016


Amin A, Modi R, Riera A, Patel V, Munoz S, and Rothstein K. Post-operative mortality in cirrhotics has decreased over the past decade: MELD score as currently used overestimates post operative mortality. , Digestive Disease Week : 2016


Munoz S, Rothstein K, and Gibas A Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A New Era , Contemporary Liver Transplantation: 2016,1-8


Oustecky D, Riera A, and Rothstein K. Long-Term Management of the Liver Transplant Recipient: Pearls for the Practicing Gastroenterologist , Gastroenterol Clin North America, 40(3): 2011,659-81


Mehta G, Rothstein K Health Maintenance Issues in Cirrhosis , Care of the Cirrhotic Patient, 93: 2009,901-915


Bacon BA, Shiffman M, Mendes F, Ghalib R, Hassanein T, Morelli G, Joshi S, Rothstein K. Retreating Chronic Hepatitis C with daily interferon Alfacon-1/Ribavirin after nonresponse to Pegylated Interferon/Ribavirin: DIRECT results. , Hepatology, 49(6): 2009,1838-1846


Ortiz JA, Manzarbeitia C, Noto KA, Reich D, Rothstein K Extended survival after urgent liver transplantation from a liver procured from a donor harboring aortic arch sarcoma with metastasis to the liver and spleen, and bilateral renal cell carcinomas . , Amer J Transplant , 5(6): 2005,1559-1569


Briceno PJ1, Ortiz JA, Manzarbeitia C, Jeon H, Munoz SJ, Rothstein KD, Araya V, Gala I, Reich DJ. Liver Transplantation using organ donor with HELLP syndrome , Transplantation , 78(2): 2004,137-139


Perrillo R1, Rothstein KD, Rubin R, Alam I, Imperial J, Harb G, Hu S, Klaskala W. Comparison of quality of life, work productivity, and medical resource utilization of PEG-Interferon alfa 2a versus the combination of interferon alfa b plus ribavirin as initial treatment in patients with Chronic Hepatitis C. , J Viral Hepat, 11(8): 2004,157-165


Maraj S1, Jacobs LE, Maraj R, Contreras R, Rerkpattanapipat P, Malik TA, Manzarbeitia C, Munoz S, Rothstein K, Kotler MN. Inducible left ventricular outflow tract gradient during dobutamine stress echocardiography: an association with intraoperative hypotension but not a contradiction to liver transplantation. , Echocardiography, 21(8): 2004,681-685