Peter Calabresi
Chair, Department of Neurological Sciences
Professor of Neurological Sciences
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, NINDS, National Institute of Health
- Residency, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
- M.D. Brown University Medical School
- B.S., Yale University
BIO
As chair at Larner, Calabresi will be responsible for the clinical, research, and education missions of the Department of Neurological Sciences, which has a long tradition of outstanding clinical and basic science research in addition to providing excellence in education and training for students, residents, and fellows. At the University of Vermont Health Network, Calabresi’s responsibilities as chair of neurological sciences will include leading physicians, residents, fellows, and staff at the network’s locations across Vermont and northern New York. The Health Network is widely recognized for providing exemplary primary and comprehensive neurological care in the region, with a commitment to comprehensive patient care, high-quality medical education, and clinically oriented research.
Calabresi received his undergraduate degree in biology from Yale University and his medical degree from Brown University Medical School. He completed two residencies at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York, where he served as chief resident, and a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. Calabresi taught at both Brown University Medical School and the University of Maryland School of Medicine before joining the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he has held numerous appointments since 2003.
Calabresi’s area of expertise is multiple sclerosis. He has received numerous honors for his work, including induction into the American Association of Physicians, the Snyder-Granader Family Professorship in Multiple Sclerosis, a Giants in Multiple Sclerosis Research Award from the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, the Raymond D. Adams Lectureship from the American Neurological Association, the Barancik Award for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis Research, and the Stephen C. Reingold Research Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
A highly regarded academic physician who has presented his work to both national and international audiences, Calabresi has served as Principal Investigator on numerous grants, securing millions of dollars in research funding from private and public institutions, and his research has been widely published in hundreds of academic publications. He has served as associate editor of the Journal of Clinical Investigation and ad hoc reviewer for National Institutes of Health panels, and as a journal reviewer for such scientific journals as the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Lancet, Nature, Science, Cell, and the New England Journal of Medicine.
He lends his expertise in several national premier medical professional organizations, including the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Scientific Advisory Board of the North American Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis Cooperative. He is co-founder and past president of the International Multiple Sclerosis Visual System Consortium and a Fellow in the American Academy of Neurology and in the American Association of Physicians.
Awards and Achievements
2024 Snyder-Granader Professor in Multiple Sclerosis
2022 Consortium of MS Centers, Giant in MS Research Award
2020 Raymond D. Adams Lectureship Award from the American Neurological Association
2017 Fellow, American Association of Physicians
2015 Barancik Award for Innovation in MS Research
2013 Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, National Institutes of Health
2011 Steven C. Reingold Research Award, National MS Society
2011 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Member
Bio
As chair at Larner, Calabresi will be responsible for the clinical, research, and education missions of the Department of Neurological Sciences, which has a long tradition of outstanding clinical and basic science research in addition to providing excellence in education and training for students, residents, and fellows. At the University of Vermont Health Network, Calabresi’s responsibilities as chair of neurological sciences will include leading physicians, residents, fellows, and staff at the network’s locations across Vermont and northern New York. The Health Network is widely recognized for providing exemplary primary and comprehensive neurological care in the region, with a commitment to comprehensive patient care, high-quality medical education, and clinically oriented research.
Calabresi received his undergraduate degree in biology from Yale University and his medical degree from Brown University Medical School. He completed two residencies at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York, where he served as chief resident, and a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. Calabresi taught at both Brown University Medical School and the University of Maryland School of Medicine before joining the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he has held numerous appointments since 2003.
Calabresi’s area of expertise is multiple sclerosis. He has received numerous honors for his work, including induction into the American Association of Physicians, the Snyder-Granader Family Professorship in Multiple Sclerosis, a Giants in Multiple Sclerosis Research Award from the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, the Raymond D. Adams Lectureship from the American Neurological Association, the Barancik Award for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis Research, and the Stephen C. Reingold Research Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
A highly regarded academic physician who has presented his work to both national and international audiences, Calabresi has served as Principal Investigator on numerous grants, securing millions of dollars in research funding from private and public institutions, and his research has been widely published in hundreds of academic publications. He has served as associate editor of the Journal of Clinical Investigation and ad hoc reviewer for National Institutes of Health panels, and as a journal reviewer for such scientific journals as the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Lancet, Nature, Science, Cell, and the New England Journal of Medicine.
He lends his expertise in several national premier medical professional organizations, including the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Scientific Advisory Board of the North American Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis Cooperative. He is co-founder and past president of the International Multiple Sclerosis Visual System Consortium and a Fellow in the American Academy of Neurology and in the American Association of Physicians.
Awards and Achievements
2024 Snyder-Granader Professor in Multiple Sclerosis
2022 Consortium of MS Centers, Giant in MS Research Award
2020 Raymond D. Adams Lectureship Award from the American Neurological Association
2017 Fellow, American Association of Physicians
2015 Barancik Award for Innovation in MS Research
2013 Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, National Institutes of Health
2011 Steven C. Reingold Research Award, National MS Society
2011 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Member