Prof. Mutlu Arat
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Professor Mutlu Arat is one of Turkey’s most experienced hematologists in adult bone marrow transplantation. After graduating from Hacettepe in 1991, he received specialized training in HSCT at the University of Vienna (Austria, 1996–1997) and later worked as a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota (USA, 2008).
In 2010, he founded his own Adult Stem Cell Transplantation Center at Florence Nightingale Hospital and led it as Director until 2024. By 2019, more than 1,100 transplantations had been performed at the center; the total number of procedures performed under his leadership over his entire career (Ankara + Istanbul) is estimated at around 1,400.
Since 2024, Professor Arat has been seeing patients at Memorial Şişli Hospital in the Department of Internal Medicine and Hematology. He has served as a JACIE inspector for the international accreditation of transplant centers since 2004 and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Turkish Ministry of Health. His scientific profile includes more than 350 publications and over 6,000 citations on haploidentical transplantation, myelodysplastic syndrome, and lymphomas.
Achievements and Awards
About Professor Mutlu Arat
Internal medicine (1996–2001) and hematology (2001–2003) by official qualification.
Areas of specialization:
- hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in adults (autologous, allogeneic related and unrelated, haploidentical);
- acute and chronic leukemias;
- lymphomas and myelomas;
- aplastic anemia and bone marrow failure syndromes;
- hemostasis and thrombosis disorders;
- immunosuppressive therapy.
- 1991 — Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine — Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree.
- 1996 — specialization in Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University.
- 1996–1997 — research and clinical fellowship in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and cytogenetics, Donauspital Hospital — Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, University of Vienna, Austria (Austrian government scholarship).
- 2001 — subspecialization in Hematology, Ankara University.
- 2004 — Associate Professor of Internal Medicine / Hematology, Ankara University.
- 2008 — Visiting Professor, Department of Hematology / Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) Unit, University of Minnesota, USA.
- 2010 — Professor, Istanbul Bilim University (now Demiroglu Bilim University).
- 1991–2010 — Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Department of Hematology: assistant, fellow, specialist, associate professor, coordinator of the transplantation program. According to his CV at Memorial, approximately 1,800 transplantations were performed under his supervision in Ankara during this period.
- 2010–2013 — Professor and Head of the Department of Internal Medicine / Hematology, Istanbul Bilim University (now Demiroglu Bilim University).
- 2010–2024 — Director of the Adult Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul.
- 2024 – present — Specialist in Internal Medicine and Hematology, Memorial Şişli Hospital, Istanbul.
- ResearchGate: 351 publications, more than 6,900 citations.
- Google Scholar — more than 6,000 citations; h-index ≈ 34.
- Co-author of EBMT and Acute Leukemia Working Party papers on haploidentical transplantation, multicenter studies on nivolumab in Hodgkin lymphoma, and on diagnosis of VOD/SOS (EBMT).
- In 2019, led the first academic CAR-T clinical trial in Turkey (ISIKOK-19).
- Awards: 1997–1998 — Austrian government scholarship.
- Turkish Society of Hematology — General Secretary (2004–2010)
- European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) — Secretary of the Late Effects Working Party (LEWP), active member
- European Hematology Association (EHA) — member No. 3873, member of the educational committee
- American Society of Hematology (ASH)
- JACIE accreditation inspector — since 2004
- Scientific Advisory Board of the Turkish Ministry of Health
- International Editorial Board of the journal “Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy”
Memorial Şişli is the flagship hospital of the Memorial Healthcare Group, established in 1995 and admitting its first patients in February 2000.
It is the first hospital in Turkey (and the 21st in the world) to receive Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, confirming international standards of quality and safety.
The hospital occupies more than 53,000 m² and has 252 beds, 13 operating rooms, 4 intensive care units, and 3 laboratories. The clinic includes organ transplantation centers, IVF, genetics, stroke treatment, breast disease, an oncology center, a da Vinci robotic surgery center, and a Bone Marrow Transplantation Center.
For Professor Arat’s patients, it is important to note: Memorial Şişli has its own Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, a multidisciplinary oncology center for the treatment of lymphomas, leukemias, and myeloma, a genetics and molecular diagnostics laboratory (necessary for typing and MRD monitoring), as well as an international patient services department serving patients from 167 countries — including translators and logistical support.
