Andrea J. Apter, M.D., MSc.
Chief, Allergy and Immunology Section
Presbyterian Medical Center
Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Division
Mutch Building, 5th Floor
51 N. 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
tel.: (215) 662-2775
fax: (215) 615-5055
email: apter@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education: M.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Fellowship: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Dr. Apter joined the Section of Allergy and Immunology in 1998. Dr. Apter is chief of the Allergy and Immunology Section at Presbyterian Medical Center. She evaluates patients at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Presbyterian Medical Center for all allergy-immunology related problems including asthma, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, adverse drug reactions, immunodeficiencies, urticaria, and anaphylaxis. Her research focuses on asthma the social and social factors that influence disease and on reducing health disparities. Another area of research is drug allergies.
Selected publications
- Apter AJ, Wan F, Reisine S, Bogen DK, Rand C, Bender B, Bennett IM, Gonzalez R, Priolo C, Sonnad SS, Bryant-Stephens T, Ferguson M, Boyd RC, Ten Have T, Roy J. Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of patient advocates for improving adult asthma outcomes. J Asthma. 2013 Jun 26. [Epub ahead of print]
- Apter AJ, Wan F, Reisine S, Bender B, Rand C, Bogen DK, Bennett IM, Bryant-Stephens T, Roy J, Gonzalez R, Priolo C, Have TT, Morales KH. The association of health literacy with adherence and outcomes in moderate-severe asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Apr 13.
- Garrett JP, Apter AJ, Hoffstad O, Spergel JM, Margolis DJ. Asthma and frequency of wheeze: risk factors for the persistence of atopic dermatitis in children. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2013 Mar; 110(3):146-9.
- Rosas-Salazar C, Ramratnam SK, Brehm JM, Han YY, Acosta-Perez E, Alvarez M, Colon-Semidey A, Canino G, Apter AJ, Celedon JC. Parental Numeracy and Asthma Exacerbations in Puerto Rican Children. Chest. Epub 2013 Mar 14.
- Apter AJ. Allergen immunotherapy: Much more than a shot in the dark. J Allergy Clin Immunol. Epub 2013 Feb 28.
- Apter AJ. Advances in adult asthma diagnosis and treatment in 2012: Potential therapeutics and gene-environment interactions. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Jan;131(1):47-54
- Margolis DJ, Apter AJ, Mitra N, Gupta J, Hoffstad O, Papadopoulos M, Rebbeck TR, Maccallum S, Campbell LE, Sandilands A, McLean WH. Reliability and validity of genotyping filaggrin null mutations. J Dermatol Sci. 2012 Dec 7.
- Calhoun WJ, Ameredes BT, King TS, Icitovic N, Bleecker ER, Castro M, Cherniack RM, Chinchilli VM, Craig T, Denlinger L, DiMango EA, Engle LL, Fahy JV, Grant JA, Israel E, Jarjour N, Kazani SD, Kraft M, Kunselman SJ, Lazarus SC, Lemanske RF, Lugogo N, Martin RJ, Meyers DA, Moore WC, Pascual R, Peters SP, Ramsdell J, Sorkness CA, Sutherland ER, Szefler SJ, Wasserman SI, Walter MJ, Wechsler ME, Boushey HA; Asthma Clinical Research Network of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Comparison of physician-, biomarker-, and symptom-based strategies for adjustment of inhaled corticosteroid therapy in adults with asthma: the BASALT randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2012 Sep 12;308(10):987-97.
- Margolis DJ, Apter AJ, Gupta J, Hoffstad O, Papadopoulos M, Campbell LE, Sandilands A, McLean WH, Rebbeck TR, Mitra N. The persistence of atopic dermatitis and filaggrin (FLG) mutations in a US longitudinal cohort. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Oct;130(4):912-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.07.008. Epub 2012 Aug 27.
- Black HL, Priolo C, Gonzalez R, Geer S, Adam B, Apter AJ. An analysis of contextual information relevant to medical care unexpectedly volunteered to researchers by asthma patients. J Asthma. 2012 Sep;49(7):731-7. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2012.699988. Epub 2012 Jul 13.
