Professor of Medicine
Associate Division Chief for Education and Clinical Affairs
p-greenberger@northwestern.edu

Dr. Greenberger performs clinical research and basic research on a variety of aspects of asthma and the related disease of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Hypersensitivity to pharmacologic agents is another area of research interest.

Research topics:

• Epidemiology of increasing mortality from asthma in Cook County
• Immunopathogenesis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
• Drug hypersensitivity: risk assessment and prevention
• Safe therapy for the gravida with asthma and allergic disease

Selected Publications:

• Levenson T. Greenberger PA, Donoghue ER, Lifschultz BD. Asthma deaths confounded by substance abuse. An assessment of fatal asthma. Chest 1996;110:604-10.
• Banerjee B, Kurup VP, Phadnis S, Greenberger PA, Fink JN. Molecular cloning and expression of a recombinant Aspergillus fumigatus protein Asp f II with significant immunoglobulin E reactivity in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. J Lab Clin Med 1996;127:253-62.
• Greenberger PA. Preventing hospitalizations for asthma by improving ambulatory management. (editorial) Am J Med 1996;100:381-382.