!!George P. Chrousos
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*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
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__CURRENT POSITION:__		
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*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
 
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__FORMER POSITIONS HELD:__		
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Senior Investigator\\
Developmental Endocrinology Branch (1981 - 1989)\\
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH 
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Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology Section\\
Developmental Endocrinology Branch (1989 - 1999)\\
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH 
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Chief, Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch (1999-2001),\\
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
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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 
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Holder, John Kluge Chair in Technology and Society (2011), Library of Congress, Washington DC
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__POSTGRADUATE TRAINING 1975-1980__
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#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.
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__CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE__
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#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
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__ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES__
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*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- )
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__ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS__
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*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
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__SELECTED NAMED LECTURES__
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*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
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__MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS__
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*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-)
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__MEMBERSHIP IN COMMITTEES - EDITORIAL BOARDS-SOCIETY BOARDS
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*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-)