Biography
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 Pediatrics/ Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes. He has held the positions at NIH of directorship of the ACGME-accredited Affiliate NIH/Georgetown University Pediatric Endocrinology Training Program, Chief of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Developmental Endocrinology Branch, Pediatric Endocrinology Section, and finally Chief of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch. 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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