Draft:Ted L. Rothstein

Ted L. Rothstein is a neurologist and professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences.

Born in Virginia, Rothstein "received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in 1964". While practicing medicine in Washington, D.C., Rothstein served as a a consultant to the Neurological and Sensory Disease Control Program in the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, where he was an early advocate for state efforts to curtail the damage cause by the increasingly common practice of glue-sniffing. He later "obtained advanced training in neurology at the University of Washington in Seattle".

In 2023, Rothstein examined Judge Pauline Newman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, who had been accused of experiencing a mental decline; Rothstein found "no significant cognitive deficits", concluding that her "cognitive function is sufficient to continue her participation in her court's proceedings". Rothstein later criticized the court for misrepresenting his findings in a document recommending the suspension of the judge, describing their interpretation of it as "a distortion and very inappropriate".

Personal life
In January 1969, Rothstein married Barbara M. Jacobs, who served as a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington under her married name, Barbara Jacobs Rothstein. Rothstein and his wife had one child.