Peter Arthur Calabresi (born 1962) is an American neuroscientist and neurologist who studies

multiple sclerosis Multiple (cerebral) sclerosis (MS), also known as encephalomyelitis disseminata or disseminated sclerosis, is the most common demyelinating disease, in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. This d ...

. He is Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he directs the Division of

Neuroimmunology Neuroimmunology is a field combining neuroscience, the study of the nervous system, and immunology, the study of the immune system. Neuroimmunologists seek to better understand the interactions of these two complex systems during development, home ...

and Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis Center. Calabresi was awarded a five-year MS center grant from the National MS Society for the study of mechanisms of

neurodegeneration A neurodegenerative disease is caused by the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons, in the process known as neurodegeneration. Such neuronal damage may ultimately involve cell death. Neurodegenerative diseases include amyotrophic ...

and strategies for neuroprotection in MS.

Early life and education

Peter Arthur Calabresi was born in 1962 in New Haven, Connecticut. His father, Paul Calabresi, was a prominent oncologist who taught at Yale University and

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

. Peter's brother is legal scholar

Steven G. Calabresi Steven Gow Calabresi (born 1958) is an American legal scholar and the Clayton J. and Henry R. Barber Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. He is the co-chairman of the Federalist Society. He is the nephew of Guido C ...

. Calabresi received a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale College in 1984 and an M.D. from

Alpert Medical School The Warren Alpert Medical School (formerly known as Brown Medical School, previously known as Brown University School of Medicine) is the medical school of Brown University, located in Providence, Rhode Island. Originally established in 1811, it ...

in 1988.

Career

From 2000 to 2003, Calabresi taught neurology at the

University of Maryland School of Medicine The University of Maryland School of Medicine (abbreviated UMSOM), located in Baltimore City, Maryland, U.S., is the medical school of the University of Maryland, Baltimore and is affiliated with the University of Maryland Medical Center and Me ...

. He joined the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2003.

References

Living people American neurologists Yale College alumni Alpert Medical School alumni 1962 births {{US-physician-stub