Guenther Koehne

Guenther Koehne is an American physician, oncologist, and scientist focused on stem cell transplantations and cellular immunotherapies.^[1][2] Koehne is affiliated with Baptist Health South Florida and serves as deputy director of the Miami Cancer Institute, where he founded the Global Summit on Immunotherapies for Hematologic Malignancies.^[3][4][5] He is an expert on diseases like multiple myeloma, leukemia, and lymphoma.^[6]

Koehne completed his research fellowship in immunology and fellowship in medical oncology and hematology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.^[7] He specialized in adult bone marrow transplantation at Sloan Kettering and was an associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.^[8]

In 2017, Koehne joined the Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida, where he established the hematologic cancer program.^[9][10] Koehne was also named Chief of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Hematologic Oncology at Baptist Health.^[11] He became deputy director of the Miami Cancer Institute in 2019.^[12] That same year, Koehne founded the Global Summit on Immunotherapies for Hematologic Malignancies, which brings leading cancer physicians and researchers to South Florida every year.^[13]

In 2020, Koehne became chairman of the Department of Translational Medicine at Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.^[14]

Koehne has authored or co-authored dozens of research papers on cancer treatment, in addition to leading novel clinical trials.^[15][16] He has also chaired the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Campaign, a national fundraising event to end cancer.^[17][18]

Koehne was born and raised in Germany, where he received his medical degree and PhD from the Medical University of Hamburg.^[19] Koehne is married to marketing executive Sissy DeMaria-Koehne.^[20] The couple have residences in Coral Gables, Vero Beach, and New York City.^[21]