Tanya Watt, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor Endowed Title Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care Schools Medical School Departments Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Tanya Carens Watt, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in pediatric oncology. Dr. Watt earned her medical degree at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. She completed both her a residency in pediatrics and fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology at Emory University. She also holds a Master of Science in clinical research. Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in pediatric hematology-oncology, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2011. Dr. Watt serves as the Fellowship Program Director for the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Pediatrics. She is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, the Children’s Oncology Group, and the American Society of Hematology. Dr. Watt’s clinical and research interests include pediatric cancer, especially neuroblastoma, about which she has written several articles and case reports and made presentations,. She is also invested in improving education for pediatric hematology-oncology fellows and has published on ways to train physicians better. Education Medical School UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (2003) Residency Emory University School of Medicine (2006), Pediatrics Fellowship Emory University School of Medicine (2009), Pediatric Hematology/oncology Research Interest Pediatric leukemia Publications Use of PULSAR (personalized ultra-fractionated stereotactic adaptive radiotherapy) as consolidation with immune checkpoint inhibition in the treatment of pediatric metastatic melanoma McCarty KL, Watt T, Dan TD, Timmerman RD, Kumar KA Radiation Oncology 2025 Dec 20 A Phase 1/2 Study of Lenvatinib in Combination With Everolimus in Recurrent and Refractory Pediatric and Young Adult Solid Tumors Dela Cruz FS, Fox E, DuBois SG, Friedman GK, Croop JM, Kim AR, Morgenstern DA, Balis FM, Macy ME, Pressey JG, Watt T, Krystal JI, Vo KT, Mody R, Laetsch TW, Weigel BJ, O'Hara K, He CS, Aluri J, Okpara CE, Glade Bender JL Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2025 Jul 72 Neuroblastoma, Version 2.2024 Bagatell R, Park JR, Acharya S, Aldrink J, Allison J, Alva E, Arndt C, Benedetti D, Brown E, Cho S, Church A, Davidoff A, Desai AV, DuBois S, Fair D, Farinhas J, Harrison D, Huang F, Iskander P, Kreissman S, Macy M, Na B, Pashankar F, Pendyala P, Pinto N, Polites S, Rabah R, Shimada H, Slatnick L, Sokol E, Twist C, Vo K, Watt T, Wolden S, Zage P, Schonfeld R, Hang L JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2024 Aug 22 413-433 Pain mitigation and management strategies for anti-GD2 infusions: An expert consensus Nysom K, Morad AG, Rafael MS, Zier J, Marachelian A, Watt T, Morgenstern DA Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2023 May 70 An Unusual Case of Late Recurrence of MS Neuroblastoma in a Young Adult Boulter AC, Watt T Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 2023 Jan 45 E124-E125 Pediatric Non-Myofibroblastic Primitive Spindle Cell Tumors with ALK Gene Rearrangements and Response to Crizotinib Rakheja D, Park JY, Fernandes NJ, Watt TC, Laetsch TW, Collins RR International Journal of Surgical Pathology 2022 Sep 30 706-715 Recent progress in the treatment of cancer in children Butler E, Ludwig K, Pacenta HL, Klesse LJ, Watt TC, Laetsch TW CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians 2021 Jul 71 315-332 Isotope tracing reveals glycolysis and oxidative metabolism in childhood tumors of multiple histologies Johnston K, Pachnis P, Tasdogan A, Faubert B, Zacharias LG, Vu HS, Rodgers-Augustyniak L, Johnson A, Huang F, Ricciardo S, Zhao Z, Mathews TP, Watt T, Leavey P, DeBerardinis RJ Med 2021 Apr 2 395-410.e4 Infant with an unusual pharyngeal mass Shields BB, Lampson EE, Sengupta AL, Watt TC, Mitchell RB Ear, Nose and Throat Journal 2018 Jun 97 154-155 Radiation-related new primary solid cancers in the childhood cancer survivor study: Comparative radiation dose response and modification of treatment effects Inskip PD, Sigurdson AJ, Veiga L, Bhatti P, Ronckers C, Rajaraman P, Boukheris H, Stovall M, Smith S, Hammond S, Henderson TO, Watt TC, Mertens AC, Leisenring W, Stratton K, Whitton J, Donaldson SS, Armstrong GT, Robison LL, Neglia JP International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2016 Mar 94 800-807 Results 1-10 of 16 1 2 Next Last Honors & Awards Fellows Teaching Award, UT Southwestern (2015) Hyundai Hope on Wheels Scholar (2009) Sam Robb Research Fellow (2008) CURE Childhood Cancer Research Fellow (2007) Mary Brady Award for Most Nurturing Resident (2006) Senior Resident of the Year (2006) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (2011) American Society of Clinical Oncology (2007) American Society of Hematology (2007) American Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (2007) Children’s Oncology Group (2009)
