ACMG: Maximilian Muenke
Maximilian Muenke has been named CEO of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, succeeding Michael Watson. He will take up his new position on Oct. 7. Since 2000, Muenke has served as senior investigator, head of the human development section, and chief of the medical genetics branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute. Previously, he was a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds an MD degree from the Free University of Berlin School of Medicine in Germany.