Leonard Calabrese

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Leonard Calabrese
Nationality American
Education Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Occupation Rheumatologist

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] [3] 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] [5] He is also a medical professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. [3] [5] Over the course of his academic research career, Calabrese has authored more than 300 publications including book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles. [5] [6]

Education

Calabrese attended Cathedral Preparatory School in Erie, Pennsylvania then went on to complete his undergraduate education at John Carroll University in 1971. [4] He subsequently went on to complete his medical education at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences' College of Osteopathic Medicine. [4] He graduated with his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree in 1975. [3] [4] After finishing medical school, he completed his internal medicine residency and rheumatology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. [1] [4]

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