Andrea Gropman

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]