Improving the Psoriatic Disease Continuum

Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, is Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, and Vice Chair of the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. Dr. Calabrese is also the Director of the R.J. Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology at the Cleveland Clinic, and specializes in diseases of the immune system, particularly, immunodeficiency diseases, including HIV. Dr. Calabrese is also the Co-Director of the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Calabrese has lectured nationally and internationally on the subjects of clinical immunology, rheumatology, and virology. He has published extensively on the safety of biologic therapies for autoimmune diseases, including the epidemiology of opportunistic and viral infections, and has authored more than 400 published peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and reviews.

Anthony P. Fernandez, MD, PhD, is Associate Medical Director, Center for Continuing Education, and Director of Medical Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic; and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio. He is a member of the Dermatology Resident Education Committee and has earned the Teacher of the Year award for his contributions to the Dermatopathology and Clinical Dermatology residency programs. He earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago and his PhD in Developmental Biology/Molecular Biology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He completed an internship in internal medicine at Loyola University, a residency in dermatology at University of Miami, Florida, and completed a fellowship in dermatopathology at the Cleveland Clinic. 

Dr. Fernandez's research interests mirror his clinical interests, and his ongoing projects involve psoriasis, dermatomyositis, lupus erythematosus, and pemphigus vulgaris. He is board certified and practices both medical dermatology and dermatopathology, specializing in the treatment of systemic autoimmune and inflammatory diseases with prominent cutaneous involvement.

Dr. Fernandez is active in a variety of national professional organizations and serves as a peer reviewer for many journals, including the International Journal of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, and JAMA Dermatology.

Michael Lucke, MD, is a staff rheumatologist at Lupus Center of Excellence West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also is Medical Director of the Short Stay Unit and Rheumatology Director, Autoimmunity Institute at West Penn Hospital. He received his medical degree from Tufts University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. He completed a residency in internal medicine at George Washington University, Washington, DC, and a fellowship in rheumatology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio. He joined Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, after completing his fellowship. 

Dr. Lucke has an interest in medical education and has developed a new Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education–approved rheumatology fellowship program at Allegheny Health Network. He also is particularly interested in spondyloarthropathies and psoriatic arthritis and has published research on cardiovascular assessment of patients with psoriatic arthritis. He is certified in internal medicine and rheumatology by The American Board of Internal Medicine.