Alexander E. Ropper, MD

Alexander Ropper, MD, Brigham & Women's Hospital

Resident in Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital Boston. 

Medical Education:

• Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston MA, 2003 – 2007

Internship:

• Neurological Surgery: Jackson Memorial Hospital and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami FL, 2007 – 2008

Residency:

• Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2008-present

Research Fellowships:

• Division of SCI Research and Department of Neurosurgery, VA Boston Healthcare System and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 2010-2012

Clinical Interests:

Dr. Ropper is currently a resident in neurosurgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital Boston with an interest in spine surgery. While he has a strong proclivity to clinical neurosurgery, Dr. Ropper has dedicated two years of his residency to basic and translational research in the lab of Dr. Yang (Ted) Teng. Dr. Ropper’s primary research goal is to investigate stem cell-based therapies for spinal cord tumors. He believes that advances in genetics, molecular biology, and stem cell biology will lead to more effective treatments for these tumors.

Dr. Ropper hopes to pursue a career as a neurosurgeon specialized in spine surgery and continue work as an investigator in the fields of spinal cord injury and spinal tumor therapeutics.

Neurological Surgery: Jackson Memorial Hospital and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami FL, 2007 – 2008