| Leonard Calabrese | |
| Education: | Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences |
| Occupation: | Rheumatologist |
| Nationality: | American |
Leonard Calabrese is an American rheumatologist, an osteopathic physician, and an internationally recognized HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C researcher at the Cleveland Clinic.[1] [2] Calabrese is the vice chair of the Cleveland Clinic's Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases and the co-director of the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, while also serving as director of the Cleveland Clinic's RJ Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology.[3] [4] He is also a medical professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.[4] Over the course of his academic research career, Calabrese has authored more than 300 publications including book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles.[4] [5]
Calabrese attended Cathedral Preparatory School in Erie, Pennsylvania then went on to complete his undergraduate education at John Carroll University in 1971.[3] He subsequently went on to complete his medical education at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences' College of Osteopathic Medicine.[3] He graduated with his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree in 1975.[6] [3] After finishing medical school, he completed his internal medicine residency and rheumatology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic.[1] [3]