George P. Chrousos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

George P. Chrousos

professor and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Athens University Medical School

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1951

Place of Birth: Patras, West Greece Region, Greece

Profession: university teacher, physiologist, endocrinologist

Nationality: United States, Greece

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

George P.
Chrousos is professor of Pediatrics and Endocrinology Emeritus and former chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Athens University Medical School, Greece.
Earlier 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 (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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 (2001–2002)[1].
He holds the UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care, while he held the 2011 John Kluge Chair in Technology and Society, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.Chrousos is among the 250 most prominent clinical investigators in the world.
He has authored more than 1100 scientific publications, has edited 29 books and his work has been cited over 138,000 times.
According to the ISI, he is the highest cited clinical pediatrician and endocrinologist in the world.
According to Google Scholar Citations he is in the list of 100 most cited scientists in the world, and his h factor is > 183.