BMT Program
Department of Medicine
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Dr. Minoo Battiwalla joined the faculty of Roswell Park Cancer Institute in 2003 and was appointed to the Leukemia Section of the Department of Medicine. Dr. Battiwalla comes to RPCI from the National Institutes of Health, where he completed a four-year fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology. He earned Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery degrees at the Medical College, Calcutta, India, in 1994 and completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the University Hospital at Stony Brook, NY, in 1999. He also earned a Master's degree in Clinical Research from the Duke University School of Medicine.

Dr. Battiwalla's research interests include malignant hematology and stem cell transplantation, with a specific focus on the effects of the immune system in leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes and the development of approaches to reducing the toxicity of stem cell transplantation.

Dr. Battiwalla is a Diplomate in the American Board of Internal Medicine and the subspecialty Boards of Oncology and Hematology. He is a member of the American Society of Hematology, American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Battiwalla has authored or co-authored several journal articles, abstracts and book chapters.

Selected Publications

Association of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity in allogeneic
hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.
Reddy NM, Sullivan MA, Hahn TE, Battiwalla M, Smiley SL, McCarthy PL. Bone
Marrow Transplant. 2007 Nov;40(9):907-9. Epub 2007 Aug 27.
 
Ganciclovir inhibits lymphocyte proliferation by impairing DNA synthesis.
Battiwalla M, Wu Y, Bajwa RP, Radovic M, Almyroudis NG, Segal BH, Wallace
PK, Nakamura R, Padmanabhan S, Hahn T, McCarthy PL Jr. Biol Blood Marrow
Transplant. 2007 Jul;13(7):765-70.
 
Successful treatment of disseminated fusariosis with posaconazole during
neutropenia and subsequent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell
transplantation.
Gupta S, Almyroudis NG, Battiwalla M, Bambach BJ, McCarthy PL, Proefrock AD,
Ball D, Paplham P, Varma A, Kwon-Chung J, Segal BH. Transpl Infect Dis. 2007
Jun;9(2):156-60.
 
Two cases of hepatic zygomycosis in allogeneic stem cell transplant
recipients and review of literature.
Padmanabhan S, Battiwalla M, Hahn T, Ball D, Paplham P, Brown K, Segal BH,
McCarthy P Jr, Almyroudis NG. Transpl Infect Dis. 2007 Jun;9(2):148-52
 
HLA DR15 and immunobiologic outcomes.
Battiwalla M, Hahn T, McCarthy PL Jr.  Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2007
Mar;13(3):371.
 
Leflunomide failure to control recurrent cytomegalovirus infection in the
setting of renal failure after allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
M. Battiwalla, P. Paplham, N.G. Almyroudis, A. McCarthy, A. Abdelhalim, A.
Elefante, P. Smith, J. Becker, P.L. McCarthy, B.H. Segal. Transpl Infect Dis
2007: 9: 28-32.
 
Prevention and early treatment of invasive fungal infection in patients with
cancer and neutropenia and in stem cell transplant recipients in the era of
newer broad-spectrum antifungal agents and diagnostic adjuncts
Segal, B.H., Almyroudis, N.G., Battiwalla, M., Herbrecht, R., Perfect, J.R.,
Walsh, T.J. & Wingard, J.R. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;44:402-409.
 
Long-term stability of a patient-convenient 1 mg/ml suspension of tacrolimus
for accurate maintenance of stable therapeutic levels.
Elefante A, Muindi J, West K, Dunford L, Abel S, Paplham P, Brown K, Hahn T,
Padmanabhan S, Battiwalla M, McCarthy PL. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2006
Apr;37(8):781-4.
 
Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) DR15 is Associated With Reduced Incidence Of
Acute GVHD in HLA-matched Allogeneic Transplants But Does Not Impact
Survival.
Battiwalla M, Theresa Hahn, Marija Radovich, Hilary Roy, Afrin Wahab, Eileen
Duman, Rajinder Bajwa, Swaminathan Padmanabhan, Joanne Becker, Philip L
McCarthy, Jr. Blood. 1 March 2006 Volume 107, No. 5.
 
Immunotherapy for fungal infections.
Brahm H. Segal, June Kwon-Chung, Thomas J. Walsh, Bruce S. Klein, Minoo
Battiwalla, Nikolaos G. Almyroudis,
Steven M. Holland, Luigina Romani. Clin Infect Dis. 2006;42:507-515. 

Dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia after hematopoietic stem cell
transplantation.
Dunford LM, Roy DM, Hahn TE, Padmanabhan S, Segal BH, Almyroudis N, McCarthy
PL Jr, Battiwalla M. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2006;12:241-242.

Simultaneous Presentation Of Acute Monoblastic Leukemia And Mantle Cell
Lymphoma: Case Report And Review Of The Literature.
Attaphol Pawarode, Maria R. Baer, Swami Padmanabhan, Paul K. Wallace,
Maurice Barcos, Sheila N.J. Sait, AnneMarie W. Block, Meir Wetzler, Minoo
Battiwalla. Leukemia and Lymphoma. December 2005; 46(12): 1813 ­ 1818
 
Long Term Oral Beclomethasone Dipropionate Use For The Treatment Of Chronic
Gastrointestinal Graft-versus-host disease
Renuka V. Iyer, Theresa Hahn, Hilary N. Roy, Minoo Battiwalla, Mary Cooper,
Barbara Anderson, Pam Paplham, Barbara Bambach, Brahm H. Segal, Philip L.
McCarthy, Jr. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2005 Aug;11(8):587-92.
 
HLA-DR4 Predicts Hematological Response To Cyclosporine In T-Large Granular
Lymphocyte (T-LGL) Lymphoproliferative Disorders.
Battiwalla M, Sauntharajah Y, Nakamura R, Melenhorst J, Wisch L, Molldrem J,
Barrett J. British Journal of Hematology 2003 Nov;123(3): 449-53.
 
Persisting posttransplantation cytomegalovirus antigenemia correlates with
poor lymphocyte proliferation to cytomegalovirus antigen and predicts for
increased late relapse and treatment failure."
Nakamura R, Battiwalla M, Solomon S, Follmann D, Chakrabarti S, Cortez K,
Hensel N, Childs R, Barrett J. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
2004 Jan;10(1): 49-57
 
Emerging therapeutic strategies in myelodysplasia.
Barrett J, Battiwalla M. Current Hematology Reports May 2003 Vol 2 (3)
193-201
 
Extra-ocular muscle palsy from metastatic prostate cancer.
Leonard G, Battiwalla M, Stockle J, Harris R, Monahan B, Grem J. Lancet
Oncology. 2003 Jun; 4(6):358.
 
High-dose acyclovir and pre-emptive ganciclovir to prevent cytomegalovirus
disease in myeloablative and non-myeloablative allogeneic stem cell
transplantation.
Nakamura R, Cortez K, Solomon S, Battiwalla M, Gill V, Hensel N, Childs R,
Barrett J.  Bone Marrow Transplant Aug. 2002 Vol. 30(4) 235-242.
 
Allogeneic transplantation using non-myeloablative transplant regimens.
Battiwalla M, Barrett J.  Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology Dec.
2001 Vol. 14, No. 4. 2001.
 
Antibody induced coagulopathy from bovine thrombin use during partial
nephrectomy.
Pavlovich CP, Battiwalla M, Rick ME, Walther MM. J Urol. 2001 May; 165(5):
1617.
 
Gene therapy strategies for Leukemia. Braun SE, Chen K, Battiwalla M,
Cornetta K.  Molecular Medicine Today Vol.3, Jan 1997, 39-46.
 
 
BOOK CHAPTERS
           
Hematology Chapter in USMLERx. Tamara Mirensky and Minoo Battiwalla. [in
press].
 
Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Minoo Battiwalla and Neal S. Young.  Book chapter
in Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Hematology. Ed. Griffin P. Rodgers and Neal
S. Young. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. December 2004.