George P. Chrousos

George P. Chrousos is professor and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Athens University Medical School, Greece. He was senior investigator, director of the Pediatric Endocrinology Section and Training Program, and chief of the Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development , National Institutes of Health . He is also clinical professor of Pediatrics, Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown University Medical School and distinguished visiting scientist, NICHD, NIH. Dr. Chrousos was the first general director of the Foundation of Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens . He holds the UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care and held the John Kluge Chair in Technology and Society, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Chrousos was born in Patras, Greece attended the University of Athens Medical School and finished as the valedictorian of his class in 1975. He completed his doctorate thesis at the University of Athens, followed by a residency in Pediatrics at New York University Medical School, New York, NY, and a fellowship in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes at the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. He is Board Certified in PediatricsEndocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes. He has held the directorship of the ACGMEaccredited Affiliate NIHGeorgetown University Pediatric Endocrinology Training Program, was the chief of the Pediatric Endocrinology Section, and chief of the Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, NICHD, NIH. Dr. Chrousos went rapidly through the academic hierarchy steps from assistant professor to full professor of Pediatrics at Georgetown University, which he still holds, in addition to his professorship at Athens.

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