David M Rothstein MD
Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation
Steelers Chair in Transplantation, Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Immunology
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200 Lothrop StreetPittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone+1 412-647-5800
Fax+1 412-647-5070
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Summary
- Dr. David Rothstein is a transplant nephrologist in Pittsburgh, PA and is affiliated with UPMC Presbyterian. He received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his Nephrology Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He has been in practice 37 years. He specializes in kidney transplantation and runs an NIH-funded lab performing basic immunology and translational research.
Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Nephrology, 1983 - 1988
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1983
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 1982 - 2026
CT State Medical License 1992 - 2009
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Early acute T cell-mediated rejection and kidney allograft outcomes.Chuxiao Chen, Charbel Elias, Michelle Keyser, Karolien Wellekens, David M Rothstein
Kidney International. 2026-10-01 - A Pre-Kidney Transplant Blood-Based Next-Generation Sequencing Assay to Predict Early Acute Rejection.Beatrice P Concepcion, Oriol Bestard, Milagros Samaniego-Picota, Rohini Prashar, M Javeed Ansari
Kidney360. 2026-08-01 - BLIMP1 shapes germinal center B cell clonal diversity by gating chromatin accessibility during light-to-dark zone transition.Godhev Kumar Manakkat Vijay, Bala Ramaswami, Steven Gierlack, Nicholas A Pease, Peter Gerges
Nature Immunology. 2026-06-01
Grant Support
- Proinflammatory B Cells Defined by TIM-4 in the Alloimmune ResponseUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2024–2029
- In Vivo Detection And Mechanisms of Regulatory B cell Function in TransplantationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2015–2026
- The Role Of TIM-1 And Regulatory B Cells In Allograft ToleranceNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2012
- Induction Of Renal Allograft Tolerance In Monkeys With Anti-Cd45rb Based TherapyNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2008–2011
- Tolerance Through Induction Of Regulatory T CellsNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2010
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