Taha Bat, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Taha Bat, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of its Division of Hematology and Oncology. He specializes in bone marrow failure syndromes, clonal hematopoiesis, platelet disorders, and cancer-related venous thromboembolism (VTE).

Originally from Istanbul, Tyrkey, Dr. Bat earned his medical degree at Hacettepe University and completed a residency in internal medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown, Ohio. He then received advanced training in bone marrow syndromes through a fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and in hematology and oncology through a fellowship at the University at Buffalo/Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2020.

His research interests include cytopenia, hemostasis, and thrombocytopenia, and his investigations have resulted in numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals.

At UT Southwestern, he serves on the Department of Internal Medicine's Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) Committee.

Dr. Bat is an active member of several professional organizations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, and the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society.

Personal Note

His interests outside of medicine include biking,cooking and traveling with his family.

Medical School

Hacettepe University (2010)

Residency

Western Reserve Health Education (2016), Internal Medicine

Fellowship

Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2017), Experimental Medicine

Fellowship

University at Buffalo/Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (2020), Hematology Oncology

• Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
• Cancer-related VTE
• Clonal Hematopoiesis
• Platelet Disorders

Featured Publications

Immature platelets as a biomarker for disease severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients.

Welder D, Jeon-Slaughter H, Ashraf B, Choi SH, Chen W, Ibrahim I, Bat T, Br J Haematol 2021 Aug 194 3 530-536

Advanced Bladder Cancer Rechallenged With an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor: A Case Report.

Bat T, Buck DA, Nathan R, Cinquino J, Sikorski M, Elefante A, Herbst L, Sule N, Fabiano A, George S, Urology 2019 Sep 131 24-26

Clonal PIGA mosaicism and dynamics in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.

Clemente MJ, Przychodzen B, Hirsch CM, Nagata Y, Bat T, Wlodarski MW, Radivoyevitch T, Makishima H, Maciejewski JP, Leukemia 2018 11 32 11 2507-2511

The evolution of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria depends on intensity of immunosuppressive therapy.

Bat T, Abdelhamid ON, Balasubramanian SK, Mai A, Radivoyevitch T, Clemente M, Maciejewski JP, Br. J. Haematol. 2018 09 182 5 730-733

Distinct clinical and biological implications of various DNMT3A mutations in myeloid neoplasms.

Balasubramanian SK, Aly M, Nagata Y, Bat T, Przychodzen BP, Hirsch CM, Adema V, Visconte V, Kuzmanovic T, Radivoyevitch T, Nazha A, Mukherjee S, Sekeres MA, Maciejewski JP, Leukemia 2018 02 32 2 550-553

Thrombopoietic status of patients on haemodialysis.

Bat T, Bat BE, El-Moghraby A, Patel S, Feng X, Dunbar CE, Sarac E, Br. J. Haematol. 2016 Mar 172 6 954-7

Functional Niche Competition Between Normal Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells and Myeloid Leukemia Cells.

Glait-Santar C, Desmond R, Feng X, Bat T, Chen J, Heuston E, Mizukawa B, Mulloy JC, Bodine DM, Larochelle A, Dunbar CE, Stem Cells 2015 Dec 33 12 3635-42

Human hematopoietic stem cells from mobilized peripheral blood can be purified based on CD49f integrin expression.

Huntsman HD, Bat T, Cheng H, Cash A, Cheruku PS, Fu JF, Keyvanfar K, Childs RW, Dunbar CE, Larochelle A, Blood 2015 Sep 126 13 1631-3

Colon sarcoidosis presenting with abdominal pain.

Bat T, Morgan CM, Marx R, Bailey RS, Endoscopy 2014 46 Suppl 1 UCTN E121

Active thrombopoiesis is associated with worse severity and activity of chronic GVHD.

Bat T, Steinberg SM, Childs R, Calvo KR, Barrett AJ, Battiwalla M, Baird K, Zhang D, Pulanic D, Dunbar CE, Pavletic SZ, Bone Marrow Transplant. 2013 Nov 48 12 1569-73

• Thomas F. Frawley, M.D., Research Fellowship Award
  University at Buffalo (2018)
• Edward P. Evans Fellowship
  Edward P. Evans Foundation (2016)
• Intramural Research Training Award
  National Institutes of Health (2010)
• Short-term Scientist Exchange Program Award
  (2007)

• American Association for Cancer Research (2020)
• International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2020)
• Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society (2019)
• American Society of Clinical Oncology (2017)
• American Society of Hematology (2016)