Andrea Gropman
Andrea Gropman | |
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Born | Andrea L. Saperstein |
Other names | Andrea Saperstein-Gropman |
Alma mater | Brandeis University University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Pediatric neurology, neurogenetics |
Institutions | George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences Children's National Hospital |
Andrea L. Gropman (née Saperstein) is an American pediatric neurologist specializing in neurodevelopmental disabilities and neurogenetics. She is a professor of pediatrics and neurology at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences. Gropman is chief of neurogenetics and neurodevelopmental pediatrics and an attending neurologist at Children's National Hospital.
Life
[edit]Saperstein's mother is a teacher and her father is a journalist.[1] Her little brother, David Saperstein, also became a neurologist.[1] They attended high school in New England.[1] Gropman earned a B.A. in biology and biochemistry from Brandeis University in 1985.[2] She completed a M.D. at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in 1992.[2] Gropman was a pediatric resident at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1992 to 1994.[2] She completed a fellowship in neurology at the Children's National Hospital from 1997 to 2000.[2] She conducted postdoctoral research in genetics and biochemical genetics at the National Human Genome Research Institute from 1997 to 2000.[2]
Gropman is a professor of pediatrics and neurology at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences.[2] She is chief of neurogenetics and neurodevelopmental pediatrics and an attending neurologist at Children's National Hospital.[2] Gropman specializes in neurogenetics with a focus on mitochondrial disorders and Smith–Magenis syndrome.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Shaw, Gina (November 2003). "Like Brother, Like Sister: David Saperstein and Andrea Gropman". Neurology Today. 3 (11): 55. doi:10.1097/00132985-200311000-00021. ISSN 1533-7006.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Research Profile - Andrea L. Gropman, M.D." Children's National Research and Innovation. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ "Provider Profile - Andrea Gropman, M.D. | Children's National Hospital". www.childrensnational.org. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- Living people
- Brandeis University alumni
- UMass Chan Medical School alumni
- George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences faculty
- Physicians of the Children's National Hospital
- American neurologists
- Pediatric neurologists
- 21st-century American women physicians
- 21st-century American physicians
- American women geneticists
- American geneticists
- American medical researchers
- American women medical researchers
- Physician-scientists
- American pediatricians
- American women pediatricians
- 21st-century American biologists
- American women neurologists