Adjunct Partners


Nicolas A. S. Chronos, M.D., is the President and CEO of Saint Joseph’s Translational Research Institute (SJTRI) and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He currently oversees preclinical trials and clinical research at SJTRI. Dr. Chronos is a renowned researcher in the areas of stem cell therapy and cardiovascular regeneration, and has extensive experience in the development and assessment of interventional cardiology devices. In June 1999, Dr. Chronos co-founded ACRI, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and improving the comprehensive care of the cardiovascular patient. ACRI was acquired by St. Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta and became the St. Joseph's Translational Research Institute. Dr. Chronos was named Director of Research at the Andreas Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center at Emory University Hospital in 1997. He is a frequent international lecturer and an author of numerous publications.

Dr. Chronos joined Essex Woodlands in August 2006 and serves on the Board of Directors for Medlogics Device Corporation. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London), Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, and Fellow of the American Heart Association. He sits on numerous scientific and medical Advisory Boards and has served as Study Section Chair, SBIR, Cardiovascular Science, for the National Institutes of Health and on the Data Safety Monitoring Boards for numerous clinical trials. In addition, Dr. Chronos has co-founded several successful biotechnology companies. Dr. Chronos received a Bachelors of Science in Medicine and Surgery from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in London and conducted research in thrombosis at Emory University School of Medicine.
   
 

MANAGING DIRECTORS 
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PARTNERS
ADJUNCT PARTNERS
 C. Thomas Caskey, MD
 
Nicolas Chronos, MD
 
Michael Gertner, MD

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