!!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 *2011__Kluge 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-)