After graduating from NYU Dental College in 1958, Dr. Gropper served as a Captain in the US Air Force. He entered private dental practice and 1960. Dr. Gropper is a lifetime member of the American Dental Association, a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry, and served as an expert to the New Jersey Dental Board. He retired from his dental practice in 1983.
Dr. Groper was treated for chemical dependency in 1985 and upon discharge worked as an addiction counselor while attending Georgia State University Masters Program in Community Counseling. He graduated from GSU in 1987 and worked as a primary therapist with the Talbot Recovery Program in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1989, he was appointed Clinical and Executive Director of the Talbot Recovery Campus and later the Chief Operations Officer of Anchor Hospital.
In 1996, Dr. Gropper became an associate professor at Medical College of Georgia with Dr. Dirkson, Associate Dean, developed an Addiction Prevention Program for dental students. While at the Talbot Program, he developed a national treatment program for the treatment of chemically dependent dentists. In 1997, Dr. Groper was inducted into OKU you honor Society at MCG. He has lectured extensively before dental schools, associates, dental and medical license boards, and the American Dental Association. He resigned from the Talbot Program in 2000 and served as a consultant to the Bradford Health Professional Program in Warrior, Alabama and then as a consultant to the Metropolitan Recovery Residences in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Gropper has written many articles on addiction and recovery and contributed a chapter to Clark's Clinical Dentistry in 1997, titled Addiction and Progressive Self-Destructive Behaviors in Dentists, published by CV Mosby, Inc. He has personally treated more than 500 chemically dependent and duty diagnosed dentist and taken part in the treatment of several thousand physicians and other addicted health professionals.
In 2005 Dr. Gropper relocated to Florida and became a consultant to the Professional Resource Network, which is the Florida Department of Health's monitoring program. He has closely worked with the Florida Board of Dentistry in rehabilitating addicted dentist and dental hygienists. The Florida Dental Association honored Dr. Gropper in May 2011 for 25 years of achievement in restoring chemically dependent dentist to health and returning them to their profession. Dr. Gropper is presently a member of the Dental Well-Being Council of the American Dental Association.