Leonard H. Calabrese

Dr. Calabrese is a graduate of the in Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences.  He performed his internal medicine training at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation followed by fellowship in rheumatic and immunologic disease.  He has been on staff in that department at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation since 1980.
Dr Calabrese is a Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and Vice Chair of the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases. Dr Calabrese is the director of the RJ Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology at the Cleveland Clinic  specializing in diseases of the immune system, in particular, immunodeficiency diseases including HIV, and hepatitis C infection which are the subject of both his clinical care and investigation.  Dr. Calabrese is also the Co-director of the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research and has a particular interest in vascular inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Infectious Diseases as well.
Among his many awards and honors, Dr. Calabrese has received the Phillips Medal of Public Service from the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Bruce Hubbard Stewart Award for humanitarianism and holds the RJ Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Dr. Calabrese is a member of numerous societies including the American Osler Society, and the HIV Academy of Medicine.  He holds Fellowship in the American College of Rheumatology and American College of Physicians. He serves on numerous editorial boards and is a deputy editor of Arthritis Care and Research.
Dr. Calabrese has lectured nationally and internationally on the subjects of HIV, immunology and rheumatology and is the author of over 300 published peer reviewed articles, book chapters and reviews.