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Sylvia Asa, M.D., Ph.D
Chair
Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto, Canada                 
Albert Beckers, M.D.
Professor of Endocrinology
Chu de Leige
Domaine Universitaire du Sart-Tilman
Belgium             
George Chrousos, M.D.
Professor and Chairman, Athens Univ. Medical School, Athens Greece
Dr. William Couldwell, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief of Neurosurgery
University of Utah, USA

Patricia Crock, M.D.
Assoc.Professor
Head, Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes
John Hunter Children's Hosp.
Australia

Shereen Ezzat, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto, Canada

Roger Guillemin, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
San Diego, CA
USA
Edward R. Laws, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Director, Neuro-Endocrine/Pituitary Center; Interim Director, Neuro-oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Aart Jan van der Lely, M.D.
Professor of Endocrinology
Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Ian McCutcheon M.D., Ex Officio
Professor or Neurosurgery
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX USA

Gail Rosseau, M.D.
Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery & Neuroresearch
USA

Peter Snyder, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
USA


2006 GENTLE GIANT Award Recipient:

George P. Chrousos, M.D.

   George P. Chrousos is Professor and Chairman of Pediatrics at  the Athens University Medical School in Athens, Greece. He has focused his research on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal  (HPA) axis and has extensively  studied the neuroendocrine alterations associated with mood disorders, sleep, pain perception, and immune function.  His laboratory is recognized worldwide for its work on the glucocorticoid signaling system, diseases of the HPA axis,  such as  Cushing’s syndrome,

and  the physiologic and molecular mechanisms of stress.
   Dr. Chrousos has contributed immensely to the biomedical  literature and his work has provided new insights into a variety of chronic complex disorders. He has written over 1000 scientific papers and his work has been cited in about 35,000 other scientific articles, an irrefutable testimony to the importance and influence of his research. He is one of the most cited physician scientists in the world (ISI highly cited). His work has educated a broad community of physicians and scientists around the world. As a mentor, he has helped to develop the careers of many young physicians and scientists, several of whom are now professors and chairpersons in Europe, the United States, Australia  and Latin America.  An outstanding teacher, he has had a number of visiting professorships and given prestigious  lectures throughout the world.
   Dr. Chrousos has received numerous national and international awards for his work, including election to membership in the prestigious American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. He was recently inducted as a master of both the American College of Endocrinology and the American College of Physicians.

"Chrousos in ancient as well as modern Greek, means gold. George Chrousos, our gold standard in endocrinology !"
 
- Dr. Roger Guillemin


Previous GENTLE GIANT Award
Recipients and Honorees

2005
Sylvia L. Asa, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto, Canada                                  
2005
Shereen Ezzat, M.D., FRCP(C),FACP         
             
Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto, Canada
2004
Edward R. Laws, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Advanced Medicine Center
Stanford, California

2003
Peter Snyder, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia              
2002
Charles B. Wilson, M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery
University Of California, San Francisco                  


Last Revised : August, 2008

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