Leonard Calabrese, DO, from Case Western Reserve University will present the lecture, "The Expanding Role of Empathy in Placebo Biology: Why should we care?" virtually at 10 a.m. Monday, March 30. This lecture is sponsored by the Placebo Beyond Opinions Center and is part of the 2026 Spring Lecture Series. It is open to the public and eligible for continuing education (CE) credits.
Calabrese heads Cleveland Clinic's Section of Clinical Immunology and manages its Clinical Immunology Clinic. He specializes in diseases of the immune system — in particular, immunodeficiency diseases, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other chronic viral infections, which are the subject of both clinical care and investigation. He is also co-director of the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research and has a particular interest in vascular inflammatory disease of the central nervous system.
A graduate of the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Calabrese performed his internal medicine training at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, followed by a fellowship in rheumatic and immunologic disease. He has been a staff member in Cleveland Clinic's Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases since 1980.
A recipient of numerous awards and honors, Calabrese received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, the Phillips Medal of Public Service from the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Bruce Hubbard Stewart Award for humanitarianism and Leonard Tow Humanitarianism in Medicine Award from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. He holds the R.J. Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology and is the director of the R.J. Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology.
When he was awarded the Theodore F. Classen, DO, Chair in Osteopathic Research and Education in 2008, he became the first dual-chair holder in Cleveland Clinic history.
Calabrese is a member of many professional societies, including the American Association of Immunology, Clinical Immunology Society, the International AIDS Society, and the American Osler Society. He is a fellow of the American College of Rheumatology, American College of Physicians, and the American College of Sports Medicine.
He has lectured nationally and internationally on the subjects of HIV, immunology, and rheumatology and is the author of more than 300 published peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and reviews.
Monday, March 30
10 - 11 a.m.
UMSON, Room 211, or Online