Laboratory of Rare Lung Diseases

Andrea J. Apter, M.D., MSc.

Andrea J. Apter, MD, MScChief, Allergy and Immunology Section
Presbyterian Medical Center 
Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Division
Mutch Building, 5th Floor 
51 N. 39th Street 
Philadelphia, PA 19104

(215) 662-2775
(215) 615-5055 
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, MAResidency: 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

  1. Apter AJ, Bryant-Stephens T, Morales KH, Wan F, Hardy S, Reed-Wells S, Dominguez M, Gonzalez R, Mak N, Nardi A, Park H, Howell JT, Localio R. Using IT to improve access, communication, and asthma in African American and Hispanic/Latino Adults: Rationale, design, and methods of a randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2015 Aug 8. [Epub ahead of print]
  2. Black H, Gonzalez R, Priolo C, Schapira MM, Sonnad SS, Hanson CW, Langlotz CP, Howell JT, Apter AJ. True "meaningful use": technology meets both patient and provider needs. Am J Manag Care. 2015 May 1;21(5):e329-37.
  3. Apter AJ. Understanding Adherence Requires Pragmatic Trials: Lessons From Pediatric Asthma. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Feb 9. [Epub ahead of print]
  4. Apter AJ. Advances in adult asthma diagnosis and treatment in 2014. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015 Jan; 135(1):46-53.
  5. Apter AJ. Can Patient Portals Reduce Health Disparities? A Perspective from Asthma. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014 Mar 18. [Epub ahead of print]
  6. Margolis DJ, Gupta J, Apter AJ, Hoffstad O, Papadopoulos M, Rebbeck TR, Wubbenhorst B, Mitra N. Exome Sequencing of Filaggrin and Related genes in African-American Children with Atopic Dermatitis. J Invest Dermatol. 2014 Mar 7. [Epub ahead of print]
  7. Naimi I, Apter AJ, Ginsburg K, Naimi DR. Evaluating the adolescent with asthma: Are we doing enough? J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2014 Mar-Apr;2(2):230-2.
  8. Lawson CC, Carroll K, Gonzalez R, Priolo C, Apter AJ, Rhodes KV. "No Other Choice": Reasons for Emergency Department Utilization Among Urban Adults With Acute Asthma. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Jan;21(1):1-8.
  9. Margolis DJ, Kim B, Apter AJ, Gupta J, Hoffstad O, Papadopoulos M, Mitra N. Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Variation, Filaggrin Loss of Function, and the Persistence of Atopic Dermatitis. JAMA Dermatol. 2014 Jan 8.
  10. Apter AJ. Advances in adult asthma diagnosis and treatment in 2013. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Jan;133(1):49-56. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.11.005.
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