Dr Karl Muench (1934 - 2023)
Karl H. Muench was a Professor of Medicine at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, where he had started in 1965 as an Instructor. Over those 56 years he had served in many capacities, including director of the sickle cell center, chief of the Gaucher disease treatment program, and head of the Ph.D-to-M.D. program, and he held appointments in the departments of biochemistry and pediatrics as well as his primary appointment in the department of medicine in which he served as the first chief of the Division of Genetic Medicine, from 1968 to 2009 .
Karl was a life-long fan of the Opera and enjoyed his wife Any's membership in the Young Patronesses of the Opera, in which she shared Karl's immense love of opera. Karl will be remembered as a deeply curious and lifelong student, and as a physician and man guided by a deep abiding respect for all human beings, of all walks of life.
