Nic Chronos, MD
President, St. Joseph’s Translational Research Institute
Dr. Chronos is the President of Saint Joseph’s Translational Research Institute where he directs and oversees approximately 60 pre-clinical trials and 30 clinical trials. He is practicing Interventional Cardiology for The Medical Group of Saint Joseph’s and is also Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center.
Dr. Chronos received a Bachelors degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in London in 1987. He trained in Cardiology under the direction of Dr. Ulrich Sigwart at the Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Institute. In 1992, he was awarded a British Heart Foundation International Fellowship and moved to the United States for pre-clinical fellowship training and later a fellowship in interventional cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine under the direction of Spencer B. King, III, MD. He was named Director of Research at the Andreas Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center at Emory University Hospital in 1997.
Dr. Chronos is world renowned for his pioneering research in angiogenesis. He was the Co-National Principal Investigator on the first major clinical trial of fibroblast growth factors in the United States. Dr. Chronos is also highly involved in stem cell and gene therapy research. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians – London, Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Fellow of the American Heart Association, and Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology. He serves on multiple national and international committees and boards including the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Chronos has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, 95 abstracts, and 17 book chapters. His publications include articles in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation and European Journal of Cardiology.
