Carol Orzel (April 20, 1959 – February 2018) was an American woman with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP).
[2][1] After moving to Inglis House, Orzel became a patient of doctor Frederick Kaplan at the University of Pennsylvania.
Orzel gave annual talks to incoming medical students at University of Pennsylvania to help them better understand treating people with disabilities.
The Mütter Museum notes that she "advocated for more research, established networks of communication with others with FOP, and educated both the public and medical professionals about the disease.
When Orzel died at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 2018, Kaplan and executives from Inglis House contacted the Mütter Museum.