Reinhold Munker, MD

Reinhold Munker is Professor of Medicine at the University of Kentucky in Lexington where he works in the Division of Hematology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation. He graduated from Medical School in Erlangen (Germany) in 1979. He had research training in Munich, Los Angeles and Houston. His basic science interests are broad (from proliferation of leukemic cells to microRNAs to autoantibodies in cancer). His clinical research spans late effects of cancer treatment to epidemiology and rare types of leukemia. He treats patients with benign and malignant blood disorders and is involved in immunotherapy and stem cell transplantation. Currently he is involved in CAR-T cells for small cell lung cancer. Dr. Munker’s research has resulted in more than 160 publications and 19 books and chapters of books.