Rotem Lapidot, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Rotem Lapidot, MD received her medical degree from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. She has additional training as an intern and resident at the Rambam Health Care Campus. Dr. Lapidot was also a fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Boston University Medical Center. She has worked as an attending at the Rambam Health Care Campus as well as a primary care physician in an urgent care clinic in Haifa, Isreal.

Publications

  • Published 10/15/2025

    Odom AR, Anderson J, Gill CJ, Pieciak R, Ismail A, MacLeod WB, Johnson WE, Lapidot R. Longitudinal Analysis of Nasopharyngeal Microbial Risk Markers for Fatal Acute Febrile Illness in a Zambian Birth Cohort. J Infect Dis. 2025 Oct 15; 232(4):779-789. PMID: 40447275.

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  • Published 7/18/2025

    Lapidot R, Averin A, Weycker D, Huang L, Vietri J, Arguedas A, Cane A, Lonshteyn A, Rozenbaum MH, Pelton SI. Disparities in invasive pneumococcal disease, pneumonia, and otitis media among US children by comorbidity profile and insurance status. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1558157. PMID: 40756406.

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  • Published 5/19/2025

    MacLeod WB, Mwananyanda L, Kwenda G, Pieciak R, Mupila Z, Murphy C, Chikoti C, Forman L, Berklein F, Lapidot R, Ngoma B, Larson-Williams A, Lungu J, Nakazwe R, Nzara D, Yankonde B, Thea DM, Gill CJ. Bordetella pertussis -related Respiratory Deaths in Infants From 4 Days to 6 Months of Age, Results From a 3-Year, Prospective Postmortem Surveillance Study in Lusaka, Zambia. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2025 Jun 01; 44(6):489-495. PMID: 40106786.

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  • Published 4/3/2025

    Averin A, Weycker D, Lapidot R, Rozenbaum MH, Huang L, Vietri J, Arguedas Mohs A, Cane A, Lonshteyn A, Pelton SI. Cost of invasive pneumococcal disease, all-cause pneumonia, and all-cause otitis media among commercial-insured US children. J Med Econ. 2025 Dec; 28(1):517-523. PMID: 40152182.

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  • Published 3/22/2025

    Averin A, Pelton SI, Weycker D, Huang L, Vietri J, Tort MJ, Arguedas Mohs AG, Cane A, Rozenbaum MH, Lapidot R. Early-life pneumonia and subsequent risk of respiratory disease among commercial-insured and medicaid-insured children with and without high-risk conditions. Respir Med. 2025 May; 241:108050. PMID: 40122404.

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Education

  • Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, MD
  • Boston University, MS
  • Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, BA