Betul Tavil

What pediatric hematological diseases does the doctor specialize in?

Betül Tavil is a professor of pediatric hematology and oncology with 28 years of experience, specializing in treating blood disorders in children from birth to 18 years of age. Professor Tavil treats patients with a wide range of pediatric hematological diseases:

• acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children;
• acute myeloid leukemia;
• chronic myeloid leukemia in children;
• Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas;
• hemophilia and other blood coagulation disorders;
• thalassemia and sickle cell anemia;
• congenital erythropoietic porphyria;
• immunodeficiency conditions requiring transplantation;
• hypereosinophilic syndrome.

In her practice, Dr. Tavil actively uses hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from both related and unrelated donors. She pays special attention to treating rare genetic blood disorders in children.

What is her experience in pediatric hematology?

Professor Tavil has been working in pediatric hematology and oncology for over 28 years. She has devoted a significant part of her career to developing bone marrow transplantation programs for children and treating rare blood disorders. During her career, she has successfully treated more than 500 children with leukemia and performed more than 100 hematopoietic stem cell transplantations.

Does she have scientific achievements?

Professor Tavil's scientific activities focus on the study of pediatric blood disorders, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and treatment of rare genetic diseases. She is the author of more than 147 scientific publications with 1,736+ citations. Among her most significant achievements:

• Research on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for immunodeficiencies;
• Work on the treatment of congenital erythropoietic porphyria in children;
• Study of cardiotoxicity in bone marrow transplantation;
• Research on hypereosinophilic syndrome in children;
• Work on molecular genetics of factor XI deficiency;
• Study of the impact of consanguineous marriages on donor availability for transplantation.

For her outstanding achievements, Professor Tavil received an award from the Turkish Hematology Society for success in treating pediatric blood cancer.

What is the doctor's education?

Betül Tavil received her medical education, after which she completed specialization in pediatrics at Dr. Sami Ulus Children's Hospital in Ankara (1997-2001). She completed additional specialization in pediatric hematology at Hacettepe University (2004-2007).

Her professional career included work at leading medical centers:

• Dr. Sami Ulus Children's Hospital (1997-2004);
• Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Hospital (2007-2008);
• Ankara Children's Health and Diseases Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital (2008-2012);
• Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (2012-2017);
• Medistate Kavacik Hospital (2017-2019);
• Memorial Ataşehir Hospital (2019-present).

What professional and scientific societies does she participate in?

Professor Tavil actively participates in the work of leading professional organizations:

• Turkish Hematology Society;
• Turkish Pediatric Hematology Association;
• Stem Cell and Cell Therapy Association;
• Eastern Mediterranean Pediatric Oncology Group.

Professor Betül Tavil is a recognized expert in pediatric hematology and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, having saved the lives of hundreds of children with severe blood disorders.