Christos Socrates Mantzoros

Christos Socrates Mantzoros
Mantzoros in 2016
Born
Nafplio, Greece
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Doctor
  • Professor
Known for
Awards
  • Endocrine Society's Outstanding Scholarly Physician Laureate Award (2025)
  • Gerald Reaven, Distinguished Leader in Insulin Resistance Award (2022)
  • American Society of Nutrition E.V. McCollum Award (2020) Endocrine Society's Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award (2018)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsHarvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Websitewww.bidmc.org/research/research-by-department/medicine/endocrinology/laboratories/mantzoros-lab

Christos Socrates Mantzoros is a Greek-born American internist-endocrinologist, teacher, and researcher. He is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School [1] and an adjunct professor at Boston University School of Medicine.[2] In the past, he has also served as a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.[3]

He is certified in internal medicine, endocrinology, and metabolism in both Europe and the United States, and serves as the chief of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at the VA Boston Healthcare System. Mantzoros is the founding Director of Human Nutrition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental".[4]

Mantzoros served as a board member on the Hellenic College Holy Cross, as well as the ALBA Graduate Business School of the American College of Greece board of trustees.[5]

Research

Mantzoros' research is primarily focused on topics such as human physiology and molecular biology, observational epidemiology studies, and clinical trials treating obesity, diabetes, and other human metabolic diseases.[6] Leptin has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating lipodystrophy and severe insulin resistance accompanied by hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia.[6]

His publications consist of two books, more than 1,100 scientific papers, and he has conducted over 135 clinical trials.[7]

Additional Work

Mantzoros heads Mantzoros Consulting, LLC. In 2005, he co-founded Intekrin, Inc., which was later acquired by and merged with Coherus, Inc.[8]

Teaching and mentoring

Mantzoros teaches at Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine.[9]

He is on the ALBA Graduate Business School of the American College of Greece Board of Trustees.[5]

Awards

Mantzoros is the recipient of the following awards:

  • 2020 Gerald Reaven Distinguished Leader in Insulin Resistance Award [13]
  • 2018 American Society for Nutrition Robert H. Herman Research Award [15]
  • 2018 Endocrine Society's Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award [17]
  • 2017 Obesity Society TOPS Award [18]

Other (selected) awards include:

  • 2011 Berson Award Lecture by the American Physiological Society (FASEB) [19]
  • 2008 Outstanding Investigator Award by the American Federation of Medical Research [20]
  • 2007 Election to American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) [21]
  • 2006 Frontiers in Science Award by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology [22]
  • 2006 Novartis Award in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases by the American Diabetes Association [23]
  • 2006 Mead Johnson Award by the American Society for Nutrition [25]
  • 2006 HypoCCS Award in Paris, France [26]
  • 2006 Wilhelm Friedrich Bessel Award by the Humboldt Foundation of Germany [27]

References

  1. ^ Mantzoros, Christos Socrates. "Christos Socrates Mantzoros Harvard profile page". connects.catalyst.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
  2. ^ "Boston University". Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine: Department of Medicine.
  3. ^ "Christos Mantzoros | Medicine". www.bumc.bu.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  4. ^ "Christos Mantzoros | Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine". www.bumc.bu.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  5. ^ a b "Governance". ALBA Graduate Business School. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Christos Mantzoros, MD, DSc, h.c. mult. PhD".
  7. ^ "Christos Mantzoros | Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine". www.bumc.bu.edu. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  8. ^ "Coherus BioSciences - A Biosimilar Therapeutics Developer".
  9. ^ "Endocrinology ICONS - Endocrine News" (PDF).
  10. ^ "XIII Simposio Internacional de Lipodistrofias – Entrega del Premio Celia Carrión Pérez de Tudela". AELIP. Asociación Española de Lipodistrofias. 22 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  11. ^ "2025 Laureate Award Recipients". Endocrine Society. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  12. ^ "ASN Awards – Prior Recipients" (PDF). American Society for Nutrition. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  13. ^ "19th Annual WCIRDC Conference Kicks Off December 2 in Los Angeles". Healio Endocrinology. Healio. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  14. ^ "ASN Foundation Past Award Honorees". American Society for Nutrition. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  15. ^ "19th Annual WCIRDC Conference Kicks Off December 2 in Los Angeles". Healio Endocrinology. Healio. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  16. ^ "Geoffrey Harris Award – Previous Winners". European Society of Endocrinology. ESE. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  17. ^ "Christos Mantzoros Recognized for Groundbreaking Obesity Research". Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. BIDMC. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  18. ^ "The Obesity Society Award Honorees Archive". Obesity Society. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  19. ^ "Berson Award Lecture – APS". American Physiological Society. APS / FASEB. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  20. ^ "AFMR Outstanding Investigator Award Recipients". AFMR. American Federation of Medical Research. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  21. ^ "ASCI Member Profile – Christos Mantzoros". ASCI. American Society for Clinical Investigation. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  22. ^ "AACE Past Award Recipients". AACE. American Association of Clinical Endocrinology. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  23. ^ "Novartis Award in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases – ADA". American Diabetes Association. ADA. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  24. ^ "The Obesity Society Award Honorees Archive". Obesity Society. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  25. ^ "ASN Awards – Prior Recipients" (PDF). ASN. American Society for Nutrition. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  26. ^ "HypoCCS Award 2006". KISTI ScienceOn. KISTI. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  27. ^ "Wilhelm Friedrich Bessel Award – Christos Mantzoros". Humboldt Foundation. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
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