Musa Yilmaz, MD
Department of Leukemia, Division of Cancer Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Leukemia, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2016 | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, Fellowship, Hematology and Oncology |
| 2013 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, Fellowship, Leukemia |
| 2012 | University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA, Residency, Internal Medicine |
| 2008 | Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, TUR, MD, Medicine |
Board Certifications
| 2016 | American Internal Medicine Board Certification |
Experience & Service
Institutional Committee Activities
Associate Member, Institutional Review Board (IRB) 1, 2019 - Present
Member, Clinical Research Committee (CRC #4), 2017 - 2019
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Sasaki K, Kantarjian HM, Kadia T, Patel K, Loghavi S, Garcia-Manero G, Jabbour EJ, DiNardo C, Pemmaraju N, Daver N, Dalle IA, Short N, Yilmaz M, Bose P, Naqvi K, Pierce S, Yalniz F, Cortes JE, Ravandi F. Sorafenib plus intensive chemotherapy improves survival in patients with newly diagnosed, FLT3-internal tandem duplication mutation-positive acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer 125(21):3755-3766, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31310323.
- Jain N, Keating MJ, Thompson PA, Ferrajoli A, Burger JA, Borthakur GM, Takahashi K, Estrov ZE, Fowler NH, Kadia TM, Konopleva MY, Alvarado Y, Yilmaz M, DiNardo CD, Bose P, Ohanian M, Pemmaraju N, Jabbour E, Sasaki K, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Patel K, Jorgensen JL, Wang SA, Garg N, Wang X, Sondermann K, Cruz N, Wei C, Ayala A, Plunkett W, Kantarjian HM, Gandhi V, Wierda WG. Combined Ibrutinib and Venetoclax for First-Line Treatment for Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). Blood 134(Supplement_1):34, 2019. PMID: 31724006.
- Chamoun K, Kantarjian HM, Wang X, Naqvi K, Aung F, Garcia-Manero G, Borthakur G, Jabbour E, Kadia T, Daver N, DiNardo CD, Jain N, Konopleva M, Cortes J, Ravandi F, Yilmaz M. Unrecognized fluid overload during induction therapy increases morbidity in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia. Cancer 125(18):3219-3224, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31150121.
- Jabbour EJ, Sasaki K, Ravandi F, Short NJ, Garcia-Manero G, Daver N, Kadia T, Konopleva M, Jain N, Cortes J, Issa GC, Jacob J, Kwari M, Thompson P, Garris R, Pemmaraju N, Yilmaz M, O'Brien SM, Kantarjian HM. Inotuzumab ozogamicin in combination with low-intensity chemotherapy (mini-HCVD) with or without blinatumomab versus standard intensive chemotherapy (HCVAD) as frontline therapy for older patients with Philadelphia chromosome-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A propensity score analysis. Cancer 125(15):2579-2586, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30985931.
- Strati P, Garcia-Manero G, Zhao C, Kadia T, Borthakur G, Konopleva M, Daver N, DiNardo CD, Short NJ, Yilmaz M, Naqvi K, Alvarado Y, Pierce SA, Cortes J, Bueso-Ramos C, Kantarjian H, Ravandi F. Intensive chemotherapy is more effective than hypomethylating agents for the treatment of younger patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and elevated bone marrow blasts. Am J Hematol 94(7):E188-E190, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30977182.
- Yilmaz M, Daver N. From DNA Sequencing to Clinical Trials: Finding New Targeted Drugs for Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Drugs 79(11):1177-1186, 2019. PMID: 31222627.
- Jain N, Keating M, Thompson P, Ferrajoli A, Burger J, Borthakur G, Takahashi K, Estrov Z, Fowler N, Kadia T, Konopleva M, Alvarado Y, Yilmaz M, DiNardo C, Bose P, Ohanian M, Pemmaraju N, Jabbour E, Sasaki K, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Patel K, Jorgensen J, Garg N, Wang X, Sondermann K, Cruz N, Wei C, Ayala A, Plunkett W, Kantarjian H, Gandhi V, Wierda W. Ibrutinib and Venetoclax for First-Line Treatment of CLL. N Engl J Med 380(22):2095-2103, 2019. PMID: 31141631.
- Naqvi K, Jabbour E, Skinner J, Yilmaz M, Ferrajoli A, Bose P, Thompson P, Alvarado Y, Jain N, Takahashi K, Burger J, Estrov Z, Borthakur G, Pemmaraju N, Paul S, Cortes J, Kantarjian HM. Early results of lower dose dasatinib (50?mg daily) as frontline therapy for newly diagnosed chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia. Cancer 124(13):2740-2747, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29723397.
- Jabbour E, Düll J, Yilmaz M, Khoury JD, Ravandi F, Jain N, Einsele H, Garcia-Manero G, Konopleva M, Short NJ, Thompson PA, Wierda W, Daver N, Cortes J, O'brien S, Kantarjian H, Topp MS. Outcome of patients with relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia after blinatumomab failure: No change in the level of CD19 expression. Am J Hematol 93(3):371-374, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29178361.
- Yilmaz M, Kantarjian H, Ravandi-Kashani F, Short NJ, Jabbour E. Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults: current treatments and future perspectives. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol 16(3):216-223, 2018. PMID: 29742077.
- Kantarjian H, Ravandi F, Short NJ, Huang X, Jain N, Sasaki K, Daver N, Pemmaraju N, Khoury JD, Jorgensen J, Alvarado Y, Konopleva M, Garcia-Manero G, Kadia T, Yilmaz M, Bortakhur G, Burger J, Kornblau S, Wierda W, DiNardo C, Ferrajoli A, Jacob J, Garris R, O'Brien S, Jabbour E. Inotuzumab ozogamicin in combination with low-intensity chemotherapy for older patients with Philadelphia chromosome-negative acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a single-arm, phase 2 study. Lancet Oncol 19(2):240-248, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29352703.
- Boddu P, Jorgensen J, Kantarjian H, Borthakur G, Kadia T, Daver N, Alvarado Y, Pemmaraju N, Bose P, Naqvi K, Yilmaz M, Pierce S, Brandt M, DiNardo CD, Jabbour EJ, Konopleva M, Garcia-Manero G, Cortes J, Ravandi F. Achievement of a negative minimal residual disease state after hypomethylating agent therapy in older patients with AML reduces the risk of relapse. Leukemia 32(1):241-244, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28919634.
- Jabbour E, Short NJ, Jorgensen JL, Yilmaz M, Ravandi F, Wang SA, Thomas DA, Khoury J, Champlin RE, Khouri I, Kebriaei P, O'Brien SM, Garcia-Manero G, Cortes JE, Sasaki K, Dinardo CD, Kadia TM, Jain N, Konopleva M, Garris R, Kantarjian HM. Differential impact of minimal residual disease negativity according to the salvage status in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer 123(2):294-302, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27602508.
- Yilmaz M, Lahoti A, O'Brien S, Nogueras-González GM, Burger J, Ferrajoli A, Borthakur G, Ravandi F, Pierce S, Jabbour E, Kantarjian H, Cortes JE. Estimated glomerular filtration rate changes in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Cancer 121(21):3894-904, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26217876.
- Mattiuzzi G, Yilmaz M, Kantarjian H, Borthakur G, Konopleva M, Jabbour E, Brown Y, Pierce S, Cortes J. Pharmacokinetics of posaconazole prophylaxis of patients with acute myeloid leukemia. J Infect Chemother 21(9):663-7, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26141814.
- Yilmaz M, Kantarjian H, Jabbour E, O'Brien S, Borthakur G, Verstovsek S, Garcia-Manero G, Ravandi F, Burger J, Pierce S, Quintas-Cardama A, Cortes J. Similar outcome of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia treated with imatinib in or out of clinical trials. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 13(6):693-9, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24060289.
- Yilmaz M, Chemaly RF, Han XY, Thall PF, Fox PS, Tarrand JJ, De Lima MJ, Hosing CM, Popat UR, Shpall E, Champlin RE, Qazilbash MH. Adenoviral infections in adult allogeneic hematopoietic SCT recipients: a single center experience. Bone Marrow Transplant 48(9):1218-23, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23503529.
- Naqvi K, Sasaki K, Montalban-Bravo G, Alfonso Pierola A, Yilmaz M, Short N, Assi R, Jabbour E, Ravandi F, Kadia T, Pierce S, Takahashi K, Nogueras Gonzalez G, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Patel K, Soltysiak KA, Kantarjian H, Garcia-Manero G. Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential-associated mutations and risk of comorbidities in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. Cancer. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30861111.
- Yalniz F, Abou Dalle I, Kantarjian H, Borthakur G, Kadia T, Patel K, Loghavi S, Garcia-Manero G, Sasaki K, Daver N, DiNardo C, Pemmaraju N, Short NJ, Yilmaz M, Bose P, Naqvi K, Pierce S, Nogueras González GM, Konopleva M, Andreeff M, Cortes J, Ravandi F. Prognostic significance of baseline FLT3-ITD mutant allele level in acute myeloid leukemia treated with intensive chemotherapy with/without sorafenib. Am J Hematol. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31237017.
- Naqvi K, Jabbour E, Skinner J, Anderson K, Dellasala S, Yilmaz M, Ferrajoli A, Bose P, Thompson P, Alvarado Y, Jain N, Takahashi K, Burger J, Estrov Z, Borthakur G, Pemmaraju N, Paul S, Cortes J, Kantarjian HM. Long-term follow-up of lower dose dasatinib (50 mg daily) as frontline therapy in newly diagnosed chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia. Cancer. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31553487.
- Yilmaz M, Kantarjian H, Wang X, Khoury JD, Ravandi F, Jorgensen J, Short NJ, Loghavi S, Cortes J, Garcia-Manero G, Kadia T, Sasaki K, Konopleva M, Takahashi K, Wierda W, Jain N, Verstovsek S, Estrov Z, Bose P, Pierce S, Garris R, O'Brien S, Jabbour E. The early achievement of measurable residual disease negativity in the treatment of adults with Philadelphia-negative B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a strong predictor for survival. Am J Hematol. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31682008.
- Bose P, Swaminathan M, Pemmaraju N, Ferrajoli A, Jabbour EJ, Daver NG, DiNardo CD, Alvarado Y, Yilmaz M, Huynh-Lu J, Qiao W, Wang X, Matamoros A, Zhou L, Pierce S, Schroeder KD, Kantarjian HM, Verstovsek S. A phase 2 study of pracinostat combined with ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis. Leuk Lymphoma:1-8. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30632841.
- Boddu PC, Kadia TM, Garcia-Manero G, Cortes J, Alfayez M, Borthakur G, Konopleva M, Jabbour EJ, Daver NG, DiNardo CD, Naqvi K, Yilmaz M, Short NJ, Pierce S, Kantarjian H, Ravandi F. Validation of the 2017 European LeukemiaNet classification for acute myeloid leukemia with NPM1 and FLT3-internal tandem duplication genotypes. Cancer. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30521114.
Invited Articles
- Yilmaz M, Kantarjian H, Jabbour E. Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in older adults: now and the future. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol 15(4):266-274, 2017. PMID: 28591103.
- Yilmaz M, Jabbour E. Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Early in the Disease Course: Lessons From Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. Semin Oncol 42(6):876-86, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26615132.
- Yilmaz M, Richard S, Jabbour E. The clinical potential of inotuzumab ozogamicin in relapsed and refractory acute lymphocytic leukemia. Ther Adv Hematol 6(5):253-61, 2015. PMID: 26425338.
- Yilmaz M, Abaza Y, Jabbour E. Selecting the best frontline treatment in chronic myeloid leukemia. Curr Hematol Malig Rep 10(2):145-57, 2015. PMID: 25921387.
Other Articles
- Pacheco JM, Yilmaz M, Rice L How low is too low: Statin induced hemolysis. Am J Hematol 91(2):267, 2016. PMID: 26147873.
- Yilmaz M, Ibarra J, Musher BL Prolapsed gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a rare cause of biliary obstruction and acute pancreatitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 13(4):e35-6, 2015. PMID: 25251573.
- Fernando RR, Yilmaz M, Higgins JP The changing electrocardiogram in Brugada syndrome. Int J Cardiol 163(2):e36-7, 2013. PMID: 23017816.
Book Chapters
- Yilmaz M, Udden M. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. In: Tumor Board Review, Guidelinnes and Case Reviews in Oncology. second. Demos Medical, 348-356, 2015.