EXHIBIT 32


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of AtheroGenics, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2003 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Russell M. Medford, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

                                           /s/RUSSELL M. MEDFORD
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                                           Russell M. Medford
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer
                                           November 14, 2003






                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of AtheroGenics, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2003 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Mark P. Colonnese, Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to
the best of my knowledge:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

                                     /s/MARK P. COLONNESE
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                                     Mark P. Colonnese
                                     Senior Vice President of Finance and
                                     Administration and Chief Financial Officer
                                     November 14, 2003