Alan Rothfeld, MD

Alan Rothfeld, MD, who joined KGI in September 2006, received his bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and his Medical Doctorate from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.

He completed a residency in internal medicine at Baylor Affiliated Hospitals and a fellowship in pulmonary medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rothfeld was in the private practice of the pulmonary and critical care medicine for 25 years and has served as a member of the faculty at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California since 1979, including as an assistant professor of medicine, clinical associate professor of medicine, and, currently, as a clinical professor of medicine.

Rothfeld is also the medical director and an adjunct professor of respiratory therapy at Los Angeles Valley College, as well as the director of translational research at COPE Health Solutions, a leading, not-for-profit health care corporation based in Los Angeles. Since 2006, Rothfeld has also been the medical director of the Los Angeles-based QueensCare Family Clinics. He is a popular instructor across several programs at KGI and is enthusiastic about bringing his expertise to the development and training of MSPA students.

Bensadoun A, Rothfeld AF, The absorption of lipids in gallus domesticus. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1972;141:814.

Sher H, Banwell J, Rothfeld AF, Pasthophysiological response of rabbit jejunum to escherica coli enterotoxin. Gastroenterology 1973; 65:895.

Rothfeld AF, Bromberg P, New approaches to the management of pneumothorax. Hosp Med 1978;14:66.

Rothfeld AF, Nichols HP, Friedman M, Effects of positive end expiratory pressure on pulmonary tissue volume measurements obtained by a soluble gas rebreathing technique.  Am Rev Resp Dis 1979; 119:386.

Friedman M, Rothfeld AF, Nichols, HP, Effects of varying inspired volume on inert gas rebreathing.  Fed Proc 1979; 11:1336.

Friedman M, Wilkins S, Rothfeld AF, et al, Effects of ventilation perfusion imbalance on air-gas rebreathing variables. J App Phys 1984; 56:364.

Rothfeld AF, Friedman M, Changes in pulmonary tissue volume during cardiogenic pulmonary edema. J App Physiol 1980;52:355.

Rothfeld AF, Tinker C, Glasberg M,  Physiologic defects in 100 consecutive patients on their third day of mechanical ventilation.  Am Rev Resp Dis 1988; 137:473.

Rothfeld AF, Tinker C, Factors contributing to ventilator dependence in unselected patients on mechanical ventilation for three days. Am Rev Resp Dis 1989; 139:531.

Rothfeld AF, Van Gundy K, The measurement of expiratory resistance in mechanically ventilated patients. Chest 1989; 96:254s. (presentation)

Rothfeld AF, Tuchschmidt J, The duration of mechanical ventilation.  (presentation) Am Rev Resp Dis 1989; 139:531.

Rothfeld AF, Flanigan K, Comparison of two methods for measuring expiratory resistance in intubated patients. Chest 1993;104:47.

Rothfeld AF, Defining respiratory failure in mechanically ventilated patients, Chest 1994;106:648.

Rothfeld AF, Chao DC, Scheinhorn DJ, LaBree LD, Vd/Vt as a predictor of weaning outcome in MICU patients.  Chest 1995; 108:135s (invited presentation)

Rothfeld AF, Stickley A,  A Program to limit urinary catheter use at an Acute Care Hospital, American Journal of Infection Control 2010;38:568-71.

Culbert MB & Rothfeld AF, Mediating medical malpractice cases.  The Advocate October 2010; 32:84-87.