Dr. Rothenberg has recently been appointed to the Faculty of Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons in the Division of Pediatric Surgery as Senior Consultant in Pediatric Minimal Access Surgery. Dr Rothenberg is the Chief of Pediatric Surgery and the Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children in Denver, Co. He is a world leader in the field of endoscopic surgery in infants and children and has pioneered many of the procedures using minimally invasive techniques.

Dr Rothenberg completed medical school and general surgery residency at the University of Colorado in Denver. He then spent a year in England doing a fellowship in General Thoracic Surgery prior to returning to the states where he completed a two year Pediatric Surgery fellowship at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. He returned to Colorado in 1992 where he has been in private practice for the last 15 years. Dr Rothenberg was one of the founding members of the International Pediatric Surgical Group (IPEG) and is it's recent past-president. He was also the Chair of the Pediatric Committee and on the Board of Directors for SAGES (The Society of American Gastr-intestinal Endoscopic Surgeons). He has authored over 100 publications on minimally invasive surgery in children and has given over 200 lectures on the subject nationally and internationally. He is also an editor for the Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques.