Vincent L. Cryns, M.D.

Vincent L. Cryns, M.D. (1979) is a tenured Associate Professor in the Division of Endocrinology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL. After attending East High School, Dr. Cryns went to Harvard College, where he was named a Harvard College National Scholar, graduated summa cum laude with a degree in biochemistry, and was elected into Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to Harvard Medical School, again earning National Scholar honors, and later did his clinical and research fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Board certified in endocrinology and internal medicine, Dr. Cryns joined the faculty at Northwestern in 1997. Dr. Cryns is widely recognized as an innovative physician-scientist who focuses on the role of abnormal cell death in cancer and Alzheimer's disease. He has published extensively in top medical journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, and his work has been featured on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered”. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Programs, the Alzheimer’s Association and other agencies.

Dr. Cryns has also served on numerous scientific review panels at the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Programs, and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. He has been the recipient of many awards and honors during his distinguished career, including an Outstanding Junior Faculty Award from the Avon Foundation in 2003. He was recently elected into the American Society for Clinical Investigation, a national honor society of physician-scientists. Dr. Cryns resides in Deerfield, IL with his wife and two sons.