Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Interests

Dr. Coverstone is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics within the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine. She graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA in 2004 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology. She went on to receive her medical degree from Saint Louis University School of Medicine and completed her internship and residency in pediatrics at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill (2009-2012). After residency she returned to Saint Louis, where she completed her fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology at Washington University in St Louis and earned her certificate in clinical investigation. Dr. Coverstone joined the faculty in 2015 and is a member of the American Thoracic Society and Arnold P Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. Coverstone’s research focuses on understanding childhood asthma, particularly severe asthma. She is involved with research efforts through the Severe Asthma Research Program and AsthmaNet. In addition, she is a member of the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Quality Improvement Team at St Louis Children’s Hospital and the CF Therapeutics Development Network.

Education

• BS, Gonzaga University, 2004
• MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 2009
• MSCI, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, 2015

Training

• Pediatric Residency, University of North Carolina Hospitals, 2009 - 2012
• Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, 2012 - 2015

Licensure and Board Certification

• MO, Missouri Board of Healing Arts Medical License, 2012 - Pres
• American Board of Pediatrics, 2012 - Pres
• American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology, 2016 - Pres

Honors

• Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Gonzaga University, 2004
• Donald W. Bussman Award, St Louis University School of Medicine, 2009
• Paul J McBryan Award, St Louis University School of Medicine, 2009
• Rodney M. Coe Award for MD with Distinction in Community Service, St Louis University School of Medicine, 2009
• St Louis Pediatric Society Award, 2009
• American Thoracic Society Fellows Track Symposium Award, 2014

Recent Publications view all (13)

Publication Co-Authors

James Kemp, M.D.

Gregory A. Storch, M.D.

Mario Castro

Dorothy Katherine Grange, M.D.

Leonard B. Bacharier, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Andrea Coverstone, M.D.

1. DeBoer MD, Phillips BR, Mauger DT, Zein J, Erzurum SC, Fitzpatrick AM, Gaston BM, Myers R, Ross KR, Chmiel J, Lee MJ, Fahy JV, Peters M, Ly NP, Wenzel SE, Fajt ML, Holguin F, Moore WC, Peters SP, Meyers D, Bleecker ER, Castro M, Coverstone AM, Bacharier LB, Jarjour NN, Sorkness RL, Ramratnam S, Irani AM, Israel E, Levy B, Phipatanakul W, Gaffin JM, Gerald Teague W.. Effects of endogenous sex hormones on lung function and symptom control in adolescents with asthma. BMC Pulm Med.. 2018;18(1):58. doi:10.1186/s12890-018-0612-x.  PMID:29631584 
2. MC Peters, S Kerr, EM Dunican, PG Woodruff, ML Fajt, BD Levy, E Israel, BR Phillips, DT Mauger, SA Comhair, SC Erzurum, MW Johansson, NN Jarjour, AM Coverstone, M Castro, AT Hastie, ER Bleecker, SE Wenzel and JV Fahy . Refractory Airway Type-2 Inflammation in a Large Subgroup of Asthmatics treated with Inhaled Corticosteroids JACI. 2018. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2017.12.1009  PMID:29524537 
3. Coverstone AM, Wilson B, Burgdorf D, Schechtman KB, Storch GA, Holtzman MJ, Castro M, Bacharier LB, Sumino K. Recurrent wheezing in children following human metapneumovirus infection JACI. 2018;18:30293-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.02.008  PMID:29481834  
4. WG Teague, BR Phillips, JV Fahy, SE Wenzel, AM Fitzpatrick, WC Moore, AT Hastie, ER Bleecker, DA Meyers, SP Peters, M Castro, AM Coverstone, LB Bacharier, NP Ly, MC Peters, LC Denlinger, S Ramratnam, RL Sorkness, BM Gaston, SC Erzurum, SAA Comhair, RE Myers, J Zein, MD DeBoer, A-M Irani, E Israel, B Levy, JC Cardet, W Phipatanakul, JM Gaffin, F Holguin, ML Fajt, SJ Aujla, DT Mauger, and NN Jarjour. Baseline Features of the Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP III) Cohort: Differences with Age JACI In Practice. 2017;6(2):545-554.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2017.05.032  PMCID: PMC5832534   PMID:28866107  
5. Ricklefs I, Barkas I, Duvall MG, Cernadas M, Grossman NL, Israel E, Bleecker ER, Castro M, Erzurum SC, Fahy JV, Gaston BM, Denlinger LC, Mauger DT, Wenzel SE, Comhair SA, Coverstone AM, Fajt ML, Hastie AT, Johansson MW, Peters MC, Phillips BR, Levy BD, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute’s Severe Asthma Research Program-3 Investigators. ALX receptor ligands define a biochemical endotype for severe asthma. JCI Insight. 2017;2(14). doi:10.1172/jci.insight.93534  PMCID:PMC5518567  PMID:28724795 
6. Duvall MG, Barnig C, Cernadas M, Ricklefs I, Krishnamoorthy N, Grossman NL, Bhatka NR, Fahy JV, Bleecker ER, Castro M, Erzurum SC, Gaston BM, Jarjour NN, Mauger DT, Wenzel SE, Comhair SA, Coverstone AM, Fajt ML, Hastie AT, Johansson MW, Peters MC, Phillips BR, Israel E, Levy BD. Natural killer cell–mediated inflammation resolution is disabled in severe asthma Sci. Immunol. 2017;2(9):eaam5446. doi:10.1126/sciimmunol.aam5446  
7. Denlinger LC, Phillips BR, Ramratnam S, Ross K, Bhakta NR, Cardet JC, Castro M, Peters SP, Phipatanakul W, Aujla S, Bacharier LB, Bleecker ER, Comhair SA, Coverstone A, DeBoer M, Erzurum SC, Fain SB, Fajt M, Fitzpatrick AM, Gaffin J, Gaston B, Hastie AT, Hawkins GA, Holguin F, Irani AM, Israel E, Levy BD, Ly N, Meyers DA, Moore WC, Myers R, Opina MT, Peters MC, Schiebler ML, Sorkness RL, Teague WG, Wenzel SE, Woodruff PG, Mauger DT, Fahy JV, Jarjour NN, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Severe Asthma Research Program-3 Investigators. Inflammatory and Comorbid Features of Patients with Severe Asthma and Frequent Exacerbations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017;195(3):302-313. PMCID:PMC5328178  PMID:27556234 
8. Peters MC, McGrath KW, Hawkins GA, Hastie AT, Levy BD, Israel E, Phillips BR, Mauger DT, Comhair SA, Erzurum SC, Johansson MW, Jarjour NN, Coverstone AM, Castro M, Holguin F, Wenzel SE, Woodruff PG, Bleecker ER, Fahy JV. Plasma IL6 levels, metabolic dysfunction, and asthma severity: a cross-sectional analysis of two cohorts Lancet Respir Med 2016. 2016;4(7):574-584. doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(16)30048-0  PMID:27283230 
9. Boyer D, Nevin M, Thomson CC, Sanders DB, Alexiou S, Goldfarb SB, Nicholas JL, Thacker PG, Coverstone AM, Faro A, Cheng G, Majid A, Moore PE. ATS Core Curriculum 2015: Part III. Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015;12(11):1688-96. doi:10.1513/AnnalsATS.201506-322CME  PMID:26540419 
10. Coverstone A, Bacharier LB, Fitzpatrick AM. Severe asthma in school-age children: evaluation and phenotypic advances. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2015;15(5):521. doi:10.1007/s11882-015-0521-5  PMID:26134431 
11. Coverstone AM, Bird M, Sicard M, Tao Y, Grange DK, Cleveland C, Molter D, Kemp JS. Overnight pulse oximetry for evaluation of sleep apnea among children with trisomy 21. J Clin Sleep Med. 2014;10(12):1309-15. doi:10.5664/jcsm.4286  PMCID:PMC4237524  PMID:25325597 
12. Joyner BL, Jones SW, Cairns BA, Harris BD, Coverstone AM, Abode KA, Ortiz-Pujols SM, Kocis KC, Noah TL.. DNA and inflammatory mediators in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from children with acute inhalational injuries. J Burn Care Res. 2013;34(3):326-33. doi:10.1097/BCR.0b013e31825d5126.  PMID:23128126  
13. Joyner BL, Jones SW, Cairns BA, Harris BD, Coverstone AM, Abode KA, Ortiz-Pujols SM, Kocis KC, Noah TL. DNA and inflammatory mediators in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from children with acute inhalational injuries. J Burn Care Res. 2013;34(3):326-33. doi:10.1097/BCR.0b013e31825d5126  PMCID:PMC3567221  PMID:23128126