Dr. Andrea Joan Apter MD
Allergist and Immunologist
3400 Spruce Street 3 Ravdin, Suite G Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Andrea Apter practices Allergy and Immunology care in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Apter specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of asthma and other allergic diseases. Allergist-Immunologists are trained and certified to treat each patients sensitivity and response to allergens of varying severity. Dr. Apter provides several means of testing and treatment to increase immunity to potentially harmful substances.
Education and Training
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1984
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1984
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Fluctuating olfactory sensitivity and distorted odor perception in allergic rhinitis.
- Problems encountered in improving care for inner-city children with asthma.
- Assessing the quality of asthma care provided to Medicaid patients enrolled in managed care organizations in Connecticut.
- Clinical advances in adult asthma.
- Early exposure to allergen: is this the cat's meow, or are we barking up the wrong tree?
- Qualitative research-enhanced understanding of patients' beliefs: results of focus groups with low-income, urban, African American adults with asthma.
- Advances in adult and pediatric asthma.
- Gaining insight into patients' beliefs using qualitative research methodologies.
- Adherence logger for a dry powder inhaler: a new device for medical adherence research.
- Influences of earlier adherence and symptoms on current symptoms: a marginal structural models analysis.
- Steroid phobia and adherence--problems, solutions, impact on benefit/risk profile.
- An approach to immunologic reactions associated with plasma exchange.
- The influence of health disparities on individual patient outcomes: what is the link between genes and environment?
- A 65-year-old woman with intractable nasal congestion.
- Advances in adult and pediatric asthma.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- 2012 Philadelphia Super Doctors
- 2007-2014 Recognized by Best Doctors in America2005-2006
- 2011-2014 Recognized in Philadelphia Magazine 's Top Docs issues
Treatments
- Drug Allergy, Food Allergy, Immunodeficiency And More
- Asthma
- Allergies
- Hay Fever (allergic Rhinitis)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (copd)
- Immunodeficiency
- Allergic Reaction
- Hives (urticaria)
- Food Allergies
Professional Memberships
- Member AAAAAI , Advocacy Task Force
- Fellow American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI)
- Fellow American College of Allergy and Immunology Basic and Clinical Immunology Committee
- Member FDA Allergenic Products Advisory Committee
- Member Pennsylvania Allergy & Asthma Association
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