George P. Chrousos#
DEGREES:
- M.D., Athens University, Faculty of Medicine, Athens, Greece, 1975
- Sc.D., Athens University, Athens, Greece, 1977
- Doctor Honoris Causa, Liege University, Liege, Belgium, 2003
- Doctor Honoris Causa, Universita Politechnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, 2006
- Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Patras, Patras, Greece, 2011
CURRENT POSITION:
- Professor and Chairman, First Department of Pediatrics (2001- ), Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
- Holder, UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care (2010- ), Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
FORMER POSITIONS HELD:
Senior Investigator
Developmental Endocrinology Branch (1981 - 1989)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology Section
Developmental Endocrinology Branch (1989 - 1999)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
Chief, Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch (1999-2001),
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
Senior Investigator (part-time) and Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch (2002-2004) and Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch (2005- ), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
Holder, John Kluge Chair in Technology and Society (2011), Library of Congress, Washington DC
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING 1975-1980
- 1975-1976 Research Fellow, Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology, Athens University, Athens, Greece.
- 1975-1976 Resident, First Department of Internal Medicine, Athens University, Faculty of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
- 1976-1978 Resident, Department of Pediatrics, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY.
- 1978-1981 Clinical Associate, Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
- 1975 License to practice Medicine in Athens, Greece
- 1975 Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG); Standard Certificate.
- 1977 Federation of State Licensure Examination (FLEX). License to practice in Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia and District of Columbia.
- 1980 American Board of Pediatrics
- 1980 American Board of Pediatric Endocrinology
- 1980 Greek Board of Pediatrics
- 1981 Greek Board of Endocrinology
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
- Director, NICHD/Georgetown University ACGME-accredited Training Program in Pediatric Endocrinology (1988-2002)
- Chairman, Medicine and Physiology Department, Foundation for the Advanced Education in the Sciences at the National Institutes of Health (1990-2002)
- Chairman, Selection Committee and General Director, Biomedical Research Foundation (IIBEAA), Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece (on sabbatical leave 2001-2002)
- Director, Division of Maternal and Child Health, and Member, Board of Directors, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece (2004-2005, 2007- 2009)
- Director, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Evgenidion Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece (2005- date)
- Senior Scientist and Director, Clinical Research Center, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (IIBEAA), Athens, Greece (2008-)
- Director, A’ Sector of Medicine, Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital, National Health Service (2009- )
- Vice President, National Council on Research and Technology, Ministry of Education, Greece (2010- )
ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS
- 1969-1975 "Scholarship of Excellence" awarded by the State Scholarship Institution, Ministry of Education, Greek Government.
- 1972-1975 Scholarship "A. Papadakis", Athens University, Athens, Greece.
- 1975 M.D. Degree summa cum laude, Athens, University, Faculty of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
- 1977 Doctorate Diploma, "Excellent." Athens University, Athens, Greece.
- 1981-1983 Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
- 1983-1985 Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
- 1985-Date Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, D.C.
- 1987 June The "Richard E. Weitzman Memorial Award," awarded by the U.S. Endocrine Society "for outstanding research achievements in the fields of endocrinology and metabolism".
- 1990-Date Adjunct Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, D.C.
- 1990 Expert Testimony to 101st US Congress
- 991 May The "Galen Award", Hellenic American Society for the Health Sciences, Washington, D.C.
- 1991 July Honorary Faculty, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- 1992 June Superior Service Award, U.S. Public Health Service, "for pioneering studies on the regulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function, leading to new insights into the pathophysiology of adrenal diseases and novel diagnostic strategies".
- 1993 October Honorary Faculty, Parma University, Parma, Italy
- 1997 June The 1997 Endocrine Society Clinical Investigator Award, “for major achievements in clinical investigation”.
- 1997 July The 1997 Hans Selye Award, Hans Selye Foundation, Montreal, Canada, “for outstanding contributions to stress research.”
- 1999 June First Prize, 1999 Pharmacia-Upjohn International Award for Excellence in Published Clinical Research awarded by the US Endocrine Society.
- 1999 June Professor of Pediatrics, Athens University Medical School (elected)
- 1999 October The 1999 Novera Herbert Spector Award, International Society for Neuroimmunomodulation, Lugano, Switzerland “for significant contributions in both leadership and research in neuroimmunomodulaton.”
- 1999 October Certificate of Commendation, American Academy of Pediatrics “for important contributions made to the mission and goals of the Academy and to the children.”
- 2000 Sept. The 2000 Henning Andersen Prize, European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology, Brussels, Belgium
- 2000 Nov. Mastership Award, American College of Endocrinology, “for distinction as a role model and as a contributor to the Art and Science of Endocrinology.”
- 2001 August Certificate of Recognition, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Teachers and Students Internship Program, Bethesda MD
- 2001 Nov. ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Clinical Medicine, ISI, Philadelphia, Pa. http://www.ISIhighlycited.com
- 2001 Nov. Fellow, Japan Health Sciences Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
- 2002 April Clinical Endocrinology Trust Professor 2002, Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer Medal, British Endocrine Societies, for “major contributions to Endocrinology and Metabolism”
- 2003 March Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
- 2004 July Lifetime Achievement Award, International Society for Psycho-Neuro-Endocrinology, Glasgow, UK for “outstanding scholarship and path-breaking contributions to Psychoneuroendocrinology”.
- 2004 Dec Distinguished Physician Award, Hellenic Medical Society of New York
- 2005 April Mastership Award, American College of Physicians (MACP), “for significant contributions to the Art and Science of Medicine”
- 2006 May Doctor Honoris Causa, Universita Politechnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
- 2006 June ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Biochemistry and Biology, ISI, Philadelphia, Pa. http://www.ISIhighlycited.com
- 2006 Dec The 2006 Gentle Giant Award, Pituitary Network Association, Rancho Mirage, Ca. “for exceptional services above and beyond in the study of pituitary diseases”
- 2007 April The 2007 Henning Andersen Prize, European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology, Helsinki, Finland
- 2007 June Symposium on Cortisol Secretion Abnormalities Honoring Dr. George P. Chrousos Horm Metab Res. 2007 Jun; 39(6): 401-3.
- 2007 Honorary Member, American Pediaric Society
- 2008 May 2008 Geoffrey Harris Prize in Neuroendocrinology, European Society of Endocrinology, Berlin, Germany
- 2008 May Honorary Fellow (FRCP), Royal College of Physicians, London, UK
- 2008 Distinguished Visiting Scientist, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
- 2010 Distinguished Visiting Professor, King Saud University, Riyadh, S. Arabia
- 2010 UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care
- 2010 Member, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies, Washington, DC
- 2010 Member, Academia Europaea (European Academy of Humanities, Letters and Sciences), London, UK
- 2011Kluge Chair in Technology and Society, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
- 2011 Aristeion Bodossaki Prize, Bodossaki Foundation, Athens, Greece
- 2011 Constantine Moiras Award, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
- 2011 Personality of the Year Award, UNICEF Greek National Committee, Athens, Greece
- 2011 Nov "Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
- 2011 Distinguished Adjunct Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, S. Arabia
SELECTED NAMED LECTURES
- 1989 Beth Israel Seminar in Medicine, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA;
- 1989 Israel Macher Memorial Lecture, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY;
- 1990 Christos Choremis Memorial Lecture, Hellenic Pediatric Society Annual Meeting, Thessaloniki, Greece;
- 1991 Ira Rosenthal Lecture in Pediatrics, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL;
- 994 Beth Israel Seminar in Medicine, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA;
- 1994 Millie Schembechler Memorial Conference on Adrenal Cancer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI;
- 1995 Mark Dodge Memorial Lecture, University of Kansas and University of Missouri at Kansas City, MO;
- 1996 Robert Vine Memorial Lecture, Australasian Pediatric Endocrinology Group Annual Meeting, Adelaide, Australia;
- 1997 Clinical Investigator Lecture, Endocrine Society, Minneapolis, MN;
- 1997 Hans Selye Memorial Lecture, International Congress of Stress, Budapest, Hungary;
- 1997 The J. Lester Gabrilove Lecture, Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, NY,
- 1998 The Novum Lecture, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden,
- 1998 The 1998 Dennis Ikkos Memorial Lecture, Hellenic Endocrine Society, Athens, Greece.
- 1999 The 1999 Novera Herbert Spector Lecture, Fourth International Congress of the International Society for Neuroimmunomodulation, Lugano, Switzerland.
- 1999 The 1999 Novartis Lecture, Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ottawa, Canada
- 2000 The 2000 Nicholas Zervas Distinguished Lecture in Neuroendocrinology, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
- 2001 The 2001 George Merikas Memorial Lecture in Medicine, The University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
- 2001 Commencement Address, The University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece
- 2002 The 2002 Visiting Professor Lecture, British Endocrine Societies, Harrogate, England
- 2002 The 2002 Keith Harrison Memorial Lecture, The Endocrine Society of Australia, Adelaide, Australia
- 2003 The 2003 Dennis Ikkos Memorial Lecture, Hellenic Endocrine Society, Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2003 Distinguished Lecturer in Stress Biology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
- 2006 The 2006 Dennis Ikkos Memorial Lecture, Hellenic Endocrine Society, Athens, Greece
- 2007 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture on “Stress, Inflammation and Well-being”, Lisbon, Portugal
- 2007 Megaron plus lecture on “Genes, Brain, Stress, and Evolution”, Athens, Greece
- 2008 The 2008 Goeffrey Harris Lecture, European Society of Endocrinology, Berlin, Germany
- 2008 The 2008 Karolinska Annual Clinical Science Lecture, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2009 The 2009 Mortimer B. Lipsett Memorial Lecture, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
- 2010 The 2010 Philip Hench Memorial Lecture, American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA
- 2012 The 2012 Albert Struyvenberg Lecture, European Society of Clinical Investigation, Budapest, Hungary
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
- American Society for Clinical Investigation (Elected 1989)
- Association of American Physicians (Inducted 1995)
- The Society for Pediatric Research (Elected 1985)
- The American Pediatric Society (Elected 1992)
- The Endocrine Society
- Lawson Wilkins Society for Pediatric Endocrinology
- The Society for Neuroscience
- American Federation for Clinical Research
- American Academy of Pediatrics (Fellow)
- American College of Physicians (Fellow, elected Master 2004)
- New York Academy of Sciences
- American Diabetes Association
- International Brain Research Organization
- International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Molecular Medicine Society (Fellow)
- European Society for Clinical Investigation (Elected 1995)
- American College of Endocrinology (Fellow; Master, Elected 2000)
- European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (Corresponding Member, Elected 1997)
- Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology and Metabolism (1998-2002)
- Founding Member and Member of the Board, Association for Patient-Oriented Research (1999- 2002)
- Fellow, The World Innovation Foundation (2004-)
- Member of the Council, European Society for Clinical Investigation (2005-2008)
- Member, MEDINE, Medical Education in Europe (2005-2007)
- President, Hellenic Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology (2006-)
- President, Hellenic College of Pediatrics (2006-)
- President, European Society for Clinical Investigation (2008-2011)
- European Academy of Pediatrics (2009-)
- Member of the Council, European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (2012-)
MEMBERSHIP IN COMMITTEES - EDITORIAL BOARDS-SOCIETY BOARDS
- Medical Record Committee (Chairman), Clinical Center, NIH (1990-1997)
- Pediatric Care Committee, Clinical Center, NIH
- Clinical Research Review Board, NICHD, NIH
- NIH Graduate Medical Education Committee
- Memorial Endowment Committee, Mortimer B. Lipsett Memorial Fund, The Endocrine Society, Bethesda, Maryland (1984)
- Education Committee, The Endocrine Society, Bethesda, MD (1990-1993)
- Editorial Board, Neuro-Endocrin-Immunology (1987-1990)
- Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (1992-1995)
- Editorial Board, NeuroImmunoModulation (1993-2002)
- Fogarty International Scholars Advisory Panel (1994-present)
- Editorial Board, Hellenic Medical Journal (1995-present)
- Consultant, Task Force on SES and Health (1995) and Mind-Body Network (1997, 2001), John and Catherine McArthur Foundation
- Editorial Board, Endocrinology and Metabolism (1995-1998)
- Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Hormone and Fertility Research, University of Hamburg, Germany (1995-present)
- Editorial Board, Stress (1995-present)
- Board of Directors, Second World Congress on Stress, Melbourne, Australia 1998
- Editorial Review Panel, "Panic, Anxiety, and Stress Disorders" (C.E. Koop, Chairman), Time Life Medical (1995-1997)
- Editorial Board, Molecular Psychiatry (1995-present)
- International Advisory Board, Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia (1996-present)
- Editorial Board, Metabolism, Clinical and Experimental (1996-present)
- Editorial Board, Endocrinology (1997- 2000)
- Medical Advisory Board, Cushing's Support and Research Foundation, Inc. (1996-Present)
- Public Health/Governmental Affairs Committee (Co-Chair), Pituitary Tumor Network Association (1995-Present)
- Scientific Advisory Board (Co-Chair), National Adrenal Diseases Foundation, Inc. (1996-Present)
- Practice Guidelines Subcommittee, American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology (1997-Present)
- Editorial Board, Endocrine (1997- )
- Committee on Classification of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptors, International Union of *Pharmacology (NC-IUPHAR) (1996-1998)
- Basic and Clinical Endocrinology Interest Group at the National Institutes of Health, Co-Chair (1997- )
- Advisory Council, Klinefelter Syndrome Association of Canada (1998 - )
- Editorial Board, Experimental and Clinical Rheumatology (1998 - )
- Editorial Board, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism (1998 - )
- Editorial Board, Iatriki (1998 - 2000)
- Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (1999 - 2002)
- Board of Directors, International Society for the Investigation of Stress (1999- )
- Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of Endocrine Disorders, Academic Press (1999- )
- Editorial Board, Endocrine Practice (1999- )
- Expert Consultant, Workgroup on Stress and Pre-Term Delivery, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA. (1999- )
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Life Sciences Standing Panel, Chair (12/1/1999-11/30/2002)
- Editorial Board, Current Drug Targets-Immune, Endocrine Metabolic Disorders (CDT-IEMD), (2000- )
- Editor-in-Chief, On-line Textbook, Pediatric Endocrinology, www.eMedicine.com
- Associate Editor, On-line Textbook, Endocrinology and Metabolism, www.endotext.org
- Special Advisory Committee (Member), Endocrine Journal, The Japan Endocrine Society (2000- )
- Editorial Board, Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (2000- )
- Board of Directors, Pituitary Network Association (2000- )
- Associate Editor, Hormones, Greek Endocrine Society (2001- )
- Vice President, Hellenic Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology (2001-2006)
- President, International Society for NeuroImmunoModulation (2002-2005)
- Editorial Board, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (2002- )
- International Board, The National Institute of Stress Evaluation and Management (2002- )
- Editor-in-Chief, Neuroimmunomodulation (2002- 2006)
- Endocrinology Consultant, Stedman’s Medical Dictionary (2002- )
- Advisory Committee on Science and Technology, Greek Orthodox Archidiocese of America (2002- )
- Consensus Statement, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society and *European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology, Boston (2002)
- Board of Counselors, The Suffering Child (2003-) (www.thesufferingchild.net)
- Consensus Statement on Cushing Syndrome (2002), International Symposium on Cushing Syndrome, Ancona, Italy
- Consensus Statement on Adrenocortical Carcinoma (2003), International Schembechler Conference on *Adrenocortical Carcinoma, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Scientific American, Greek Edition, Scientific Advisory Board (2003- )
- Scientific Advisory Board, Research Center of Intensive and Thoracic Medicine, Athens, Greece (2003-)
- Metabolism Network, Society for Women’s Health, Washington, DC (2003-)
- Associate Editor, The Encyclopedia of Stress (2004-)
- Associate Editor, Adolescent Gynecology, Reproduction and Menopause (2004- )
- Editorial Board, American Journal of Medicine (2005- )
- Editorial Board, Gender Medicine (2005-)
- Adrenal Insufficiency Task Force, American College of Critical Care Medicine (2005-2007)
- Editorial Board, The Journal of Neuroendocrinology (2007-)
- Consensus Statement on Use of LHRH Analogs (2008), Lawson Wilkins and ESPE, Milan, Italy
- Consensus Statement on Use in Critical Illness-Related Cortisol Insufficiency (CIRCI) (2008), European *Society Critical and Intensive Care Medicine (ESCIM) and European Society of Endocrinology (ESE), Florence, Italy
- Editorial Board, BMC Medicine, London, UK (2008- )
- Editorial Board, Obesity Facts: The European Journal of Obesity, Basel, Switzerland (2008- )
- Editorial Board, European Journal of Clinical Investigation, Ioannina, Greece (2009- )
- Editorial Board, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer, New York (2010- )
- Editorial Board, Endocrine, Springer, New York, NY, USA (2010-)
- Editorial Board, Translational Psychiatry, Nature Group, Canberra, Australia (2011-)
- International Editorial Board, The American Journal of Medicine, USA (2011- )
- Board of Directors, Seleni House Foundation, Inc, New York, NY, USA (2011-)
- Scientific Council, Maria Tsakos Foundation-International Center for Maritime Research and Tradition, NGO, Greece (2012-)
- Reviewing Editor, Science Signaling, American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA (2012-)
- Editorial Advisory Board, Nature Rev Endocrinol, Nature Publications, UK and USA (2012-)