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Stephen P. Peters, MD, PhD

Stephen P. Peters, MD, PhD                                                         Dr Peters is Professor of Medicine, Director of Research in the Section on Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunologic Diseases, Training Program Director for Allergy and Immunology, and a member of the Center for Human Genomics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  His current research interests include mechanisms of subepithelial fibrosis in asthma, eosinophil apoptosis, and control of immunoglobulin E-mediated pulmonary inflammation in humans, work supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). He is involved in asthma clinical trials performed by the NHLBI Asthma Clinical Research Network, serving as Principal Investigator at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Centers.  Dr Peters is a fellow of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, and The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and he is a member of the Asthma Subcommittee of the American Thoracic Society. Dr Peters has authored more than 200 articles and reviews that have appeared in such journals as The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, and The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.  He is an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Respiratory Digest, and Respiratory Medicine, and is on the Editorial Board of MD Consult—Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine.  Dr Peters received his PhD degree in biochemistry and his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.  He served his internship and residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, where he subsequently completed his fellowship in respiratory medicine, critical care, allergy, and clinical immunology. He was previously on the faculties of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Thomas Jefferson University.