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
- 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.
- Fuhlbrigge A, Peden D, Apter AJ, Boushey HA, Camargo CA Jr, Gern J, Heymann PW, Martinez FD, Mauger D, Teague WG, Blaisdell C. Asthma outcomes: exacerbations. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Mar;129(3 Suppl):S34-48. Review.
- Rosas-Salazar C, Apter AJ, Canino G, Celedón JC. Health literacy and asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Apr;129(4):935-42. Epub 2012 Feb 11. Review.
- Effing TW, Bourbeau J, Vercoulen J, Apter AJ, Coultas D, Meek P, Valk Pv, Partridge MR, Palen Jv. Self-management programmes for COPD: moving forward. Chron Respir Dis. 2012 Feb;9(1):27-35.
- Apter AJ. Advances in adult asthma diagnosis and treatment and health outcomes, education, delivery, and quality in 2011: what goes around comes around. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Jan;129(1):69-75.
- Apter AJ, Wang X, Bogen DK, Rand CS, McElligott S, Polsky D, Gonzalez R, Priolo C, Adam B, Geer S, Have TT. Problem solving to improve adherence and asthma outcomes in urban adults with moderate or severe asthma: A randomized controlled trial. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Jun 23
- Margolis DJ, Papadopoulos M, Apter AJ, McLean WH, Mitra N, Rebbeck TR. Obtaining DNA in the mail from a national sample of children with a chronic non-fatal illness. J Invest Dermatol. 2011 Aug:131(8):1765-7.
- Apter AJ. Advances in adult asthma diagnosis and treatment and HEDQ in 2010. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Jan;127(1):116-22.
- Apter AJ. Communities and health: the case of inner-city violence and asthma. LDI Issue Brief. 2010 Sep;16(1):1-4.
