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Andrea Gropman, MD

Member, St. Jude Faculty

Director, Neurometabolic Translational Research

Mark F. Tamer Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurology

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Andrea Gropman, MD

Center for Experimental Therapeutics

MS 760

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

MemphisTN 38105-3678

Education

BA – Brandeis University, Waltham, MA MD – UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA Residency (Pediatrics) – Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Residency (Adult Neurology) – The George Washington University Medical School and Health Sciences, Washington, DC Fellowship (Pediatric Neurology) – Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC Fellowship (Clinical Genetics) – National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health Fellowship (Biochemical Genetics) – National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health

Research Interests

  • Evaluating neurocognitive injury in inborn errors of metabolism using multimodal neuroimaging
  • Pharmacologic development in mitochondrial disorders and urea cycle disorders
  • Mitochondrial and leukodystrophy disease multimodal assessment to establish clinical trial readiness
  • Using fNIRs to establish biomarkers of executive function deficits in intoxication type metabolic disorders
  • Establishing biomarkers for clinical trial readiness in mendelian disorders associated with neurodevelopmental disabilities

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