George C Tsokos

George C. Tsokos is a Greek-American rheumatologist who serves as a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Chief of the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. He is recognized as one of the foremost leaders of modern lupus research with landmark discoveries that have brought understanding of lupus to new levels, shedding light on how the disease develops and progresses over time.

Tsokos' Laboratory has opened and led the field of molecular abnormalities in Immune cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. The Tsokos Lab has identified previously unknown pathways that have served as the basis for novel treatments that are currently in various phases of development. He completed medical school at the University of Athens School of Health Sciences in 1975. He then finished his medical internship at Laiko General Hospital in Athens, Greece.

George then completed fellowships in both Rheumatology and Allergy and Immunology from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda. He was a Fogarty International Center Fellow with the Arthritis and Rheumatism Branch National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.

George Tsokos also holds an honorary Masters of Arts from Harvard University, alongside honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Athens, University of Thessaly, and University of Thessaloniki.

Career George Tsokos is a Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, Boston and the Chief of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. Tsokos is also a member of the Board of Directors of the American College of Rheumatology.

He also recently served as a member and president of the Council of the University of Athens. He also was an Honorary Professor of Immunology at the Universidad Comlutense de Madrid in 2020.

Honors and awards Evelyn Hess Award from the Lupus Foundation of America in 2014 Distinguished Basic Investigator Award from the American College of Rheumatology in 2014 Philip Hench Award from the American College of Physicians