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Govind Bhagat, M.B.B.S.

Chair; Tenured professor
Department of Pathology

Education

Postdoctoral Clinical Fellowships
Hematopathology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
Surgical and transplant pathology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University

Visiting Fellow
Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital
Divisions of Veterinary and Hepatic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Departments of Medicine, and Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University

Residency
Anatomic and clinical pathology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi University, Delhi, India

Practice Areas

  • Hematopathology

Research Interests

  • Mucosal immune and inflammatory responses in celiac disease
  • Genetic and phenotypic characterization of refractory celiac disease
  • Pathogenesis of inflammation-associated lymphomas, lymphoproliferative disorders associated with states of immune dysregulation, and peripheral T-cell lymphomas
  • Biomarker development and evaluation for lymphoid malignancies

Publications and Media Placements

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Yang-Fischer R, Shearer A, Leão FB, Pascual-Gonzalez I, Han A, Castellanos-Rubio A, Bhagat G, Ghosh S. The long noncoding RNA lnc13 restrains inflammatory responses to maintain oral tolerance to gluten. Nat Immunol. 2026 Jun;27(6):1145-1158. doi: 10.1038/s41590-026-02506-6. Epub 2026 Apr 30. PMID: 42062562; PMCID: PMC13226080.
  • Xu-Monette ZY, Wang C, Wu D, Tzankov A, Møller MB, Visco C, Hsi ED, Zhao X, Lv B, Wang B, Cao X, Yao S, Chiu A, Dybkaer K, Bhagat G, Zu Y, Montes-Moreno S, Pan Z, Bernal-Mizrachi L, van Krieken JHJ, Choi WWL, Tam W, Chen W, Ponzoni M, Ferreri AJM, Parsons BMM, Khajouei F, Sikkink K, Li Y, Hastie AR, Schmitt AD, Young KH. Application of Hi-C sequencing to detect oncogene rearrangements for diagnosis and treatment of large B-cell lymphoma. Blood Adv. 2026 Jun 16:bloodadvances.2026019675. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2026019675. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42308239.
  • Thomas CJ, Koh MJ, Elghawy O, Han JX, Boussi L, Sorial M, McCabe SM, Peng L, Singh S, Eche-Ugwu IJ, Gabler J, Fernandez Turizo MJ, MacVicar CT, Disciullo A, Chopra K, Lenart A, Nwodo E, Barnes J, Koh MJ, Miranda E, Chiattone C, Stuver R, Merrill M, Jacobsen E, Kim JS, Kim Y, Cho JY, Eipe T, Shet T, Sridhar E, Shetty A, Saha S, Jain H, Sengar M, Van Der Weyden C, Prince HM, Hamouche R, Murdashvili T, Foss F, Gentilini M, Casadei B, Zinzani PL, Okatani T, Yoshida N, Yoon SE, Kim WS, Panchoo G, Mohamed Z, Verburgh E, Alturas JC, Al Mansour M, Ford J, Manni M, Civallero M, Skrypets T, Federico M, Cabrera ME, Bhagat G, Ma H, Sawas A, Iwasaki M, Bhanushali F, Bhattacharjee R, Maulik Kariya K, O'Connor OA, Abduljaleel O, John A, Lymboussaki A, Shen C, DeMarco E, Shah D, Mistry D, Lee E, Sun G, Kendall E, Marchi E, Krishnan M, Nasto K, Wong CY, Jain S, Barta SK. Clinical outcomes of mature T- and NK-cell lymphomas in hepatitis B virus positive individuals: results from the PETAL Global Consortium. Leuk Lymphoma. 2026 May;67(6):1440-1446. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2026.2629953. Epub 2026 Mar 14. PMID: 41830466.
  • Bolognesi MM, Dall'Olio L, Mandelli GE, Lorenzi L, Bosisio FM, Haberman AM, Bhagat G, Borghesi S, Faretta M, Castellani G, Cattoretti G. The normal human lymph node cell classification and landscape defined by high-dimensional spatial proteomics. PLoS One. 2026 Apr 21;21(4):e0346693. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0346693. PMID: 42013192; PMCID: PMC13099103.
  • Kaulen LD, Nayak L, Karschnia P, Kraai I, Galluzzo D, de Groot FA, Witterholt M, Donovan L, Bhella S, Kuschel LP, Fox CP, Seidel S, Paterson J, Richter B, Dixit KS, Zeyen T, Alderuccio JP, Montoto S, Kuittinen O, Traub BL, Doubrovinskaia S, Rohdjess H, Müller KJ, Enting R, de Bresser J, Kuitunen H, Iwamoto FM, Alencar A, Herrlinger U, Platten M, Cwynarski K, Mendez J, Roth P, von Baumgarten L, Prica A, Bhagat G, Lurain K, Schiff D, Vermaat JSP, Baehring JM, Nijland M, Dietrich J, Batchelor TT, Wick W. Immunodeficiency-associated primary CNS lymphomas: an International Primary CNS Lymphoma Collaborative Group study. Blood. 2026 Jul 2;148(1):58-70. doi: 10.1182/blood.2025031869. PMID: 41843467.
  • Yu C, Holloman M, Kim A, Chang Y, Meyer SN, Holmes AB, Cai B, Mo T, Basso K, Dreval K, Morin RD, Bhagat G, Mullighan CG, Dalla-Favera R, Pasqualucci L. Differential role of CREBBP missense and truncating mutations in germinal center development and lymphomagenesis. Blood. 2026 Jun 4;147(23):2713-2727. doi: 10.1182/blood.2025031181. PMID: 41746257; PMCID: PMC13277655.
  • Kong X, Xu-Monette ZY, Xu Z, Hsi ED, Zhao X, Yan H, Nunns H, Au K, Visco C, Tzankov A, Dybkaer K, Yao S, Wu D, Wang C, Xu AM, Pan Z, Parsons BM, Chiu A, Tam W, Montes-Moreno S, Zhan F, Bernal-Mizrachi L, Zu Y, Zhang S, Møller MB, Chen W, Au Q, Merchant A, Bhagat G, Li Y, Young KH. Proinflammatory GSDMD activation in live macrophages and DLBCL cells marks cognate interactions and better prognosis. Blood Adv. 2026 Mar 10;10(5):1756-1772. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2025017643. PMID: 41346287; PMCID: PMC12969404.
  • Sorial MN, Malpica Castillo LE, Chiattone C, Julia E, Bachy E, Barta SK, Stuver R, Jacobsen E, Federico M, Jain H, Prince HM, Foss F, Zinzani PL, Okatani T, Kim WS, Verburgh E, Al-Mansour M, Cabrera ME, Bhagat G, Shen C, Jain S. Early time to relapse as a survival prognosticator in nodal mature T-cell lymphomas: results from the PETAL consortium. Blood. 2026 Feb 12;147(7):755-767. doi: 10.1182/blood.2025030149. PMID: 41347825; PMCID: PMC12917304.
  • Kansal R, Manucha V, Bhagat G, Zhu LC, Liu X, Ibrahim DY, Mettman D, Knoedler D, Subramanian A, Askin F, Galliano Gooch G, Brown A, Gupta S. Improving the communication of urgent and significant unexpected diagnoses in anatomic pathology. Am J Clin Pathol. 2026 Jan 22;165(1):aqaf113. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaf113. PMID: 41299876.
  • Brockmann L, Ronda C, Schwanz LT, Qu Y, Shneider DW, Mavros CF, Ivanov II, Bhagat G, Wang HH. Engineered probiotic restores GLP-1 signaling to ameliorate fiber-deficiency exacerbated colitis. Sci Adv. 2025 Nov 7;11(45):eadx6869. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adx6869. Epub 2025 Nov 7. PMID: 41202140; PMCID: PMC12594200.
Recent Book Chapters
  • de Leval L, Bhagat G, Copie-Bergman C. Lymphoid tumours of the large intestine, Chapter 40. Bateman AC, Greenson JK, Lauwers GY, Loughrey MB, Novelli MR, Sheahan K, Shepherd NA. Morson and Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology, 6th Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, 2024, 981-990. Morson and Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology
  • de Leval L, Bhagat G. Lymphoid tumours of the small intestine, Chapter 26. Bateman AC, Greenson JK, Lauwers GY, Loughrey MB, Novelli MR, Sheahan K, Shepherd NA. Morson and Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology, 6th Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, 2024, 579-605. Morson and Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology
  • Bhagat G. Enteropathy-Associated T-Cell Lymphoma and Other Primary Intestinal T-Cell Lymphomas, Chapter 37. Jaffe ES, Arber DA, Campo E, Quintanilla-Fend L, Orazi A, Rimsza LM, Swerdlow SH. Hematopathology, 3rd edition, Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2024, 736-757. Hematopathology
  • Soderquist CR, Shingleton J, Dave S, Bhagat G. Enteropathy Associated and Monomorphic Epitheliotropic Intestinal T-cell lymphomas, Chapter 16. O'Connor OA, Kim WS, Zinzani PL. The Peripheral T-Cell Lymphomas. Wiley, Hoboken, 2021, 211-223. The Peripheral T-Cell Lymphomas

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • Society of Hematological Oncology
  • International Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Collaborative Group
  • International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group
  • Fellow (elected), International Society for the Study of Celiac Disease
  • Founding member, North American Society for the Study of Celiac Disease
  • American Society of Hematology
  • Society for Hematopathology
  • United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology