Bernadette Murphy received her BA degree from the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. She obtained her Doctor of Medicine degree from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ. She completed her Pediatric Residency at the Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, and completed an additional year of training as Chief Resident, Arlington Hospital, Arlington, VA. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine and an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.