Fevzi Yalniz, MD

Fevzi F Yalniz MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine Division of Hematology and Blood Marrow Transplantation at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Dr Yalniz earned his Medical Degree MD from Hacettepe University College of Medicine IstanbulTurkey. He then completed his residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Hematology at the Istanbul University Cerrahpasa College of Medicine. After his move to the United States he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Department of Hematology and Oncology. He later completed additional clinical fellowships in Stem Cell Transplantation Cellular Therapy and Leukemia at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr Yalniz's clinical interests include lymphoid and myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, lymphoma myeloproliferative diseases, stem cell transplantation, and cellular therapies for hematologic cancers. Over his career Dr Yalniz received many academic and clinical honors including the Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Merit Award and American Society of Hematology Achievement Award. He authored more than 30 journal articles. He is a current member of the American Society of Hematology and American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.