Andrea L. Gropman (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

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 The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (abbreviated as GW Medical School, GW Medicine, or SMHS) is the professional medical school of the George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. SMHS is one of the most ...

. Gropman is chief of neurogenetics and neurodevelopmental pediatrics and an attending neurologist at

Children's National Hospital Children's National Hospital (formerly Children's National Health System, DC Children's Hospital, Children's National Medical Center) is a freestanding, 323-bed, pediatric acute care children's hospital located in Washington, D.C. It is affili ...

Life

Saperstein's mother is a teacher and her father is a journalist. Her little brother, David Saperstein, also became a neurologist. They attended high school in New England. Gropman earned a B.A. in biology and biochemistry from

Brandeis University Brandeis University () is a Private university, private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It is located within the Greater Boston area. Founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian, non-sectarian, coeducational university, Bra ...

in 1985. She completed a M.D. at the

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School The UMass Chan Medical School is a public medical school in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is part of the University of Massachusetts system. It consists of three schools: the T.H. Chan School of Medicine, the Morningside Graduate School of Biom ...

in 1992. Gropman was a pediatric resident at the

Johns Hopkins Hospital Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1889, Johns Hopkins Hospital and its school of medicine are considered to be the foundin ...

from 1992 to 1994. She completed a fellowship in neurology at the

from 1997 to 2000. She conducted postdoctoral research in genetics and biochemical genetics at the

National Human Genome Research Institute The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is an institute of the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland. NHGRI began as the Office of Human Genome Research in The Office of the Director in 1988. This Office transi ...

from 1997 to 2000. Gropman is a professor of pediatrics and neurology at the

. She is chief of neurogenetics and neurodevelopmental pediatrics and an attending neurologist at Children's National Hospital. Gropman specializes in neurogenetics with a focus on mitochondrial disorders and

Smith–Magenis syndrome Smith–Magenis syndrome (SMS), also known as 17p-microdeletion syndrome, is a microdeletion syndrome characterized by an abnormality in the short (p) arm of chromosome 17. It has features including intellectual disability, facial abnormalities, ...

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