Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Professor of Clinical Radiology
My education and training
- Medical School: Gandhi Medical College
- Residency: Leicester Royal Infirmary
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Diagnostic Radiology, 2012
- American College of Radiology, National
- American Medical Association (AMA), National
- Association of Program Directors in Radiology (APDR), International
- Member of the Research Committee at the North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI), National
- Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), International
- Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR), National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Rupali Jain, MD, Julia C. Jacob, MD, John D. Jacob, MD, Drew A. Torigian, MD, and Achala Donuru, MBBS Evolving Landscape of Chest Wall Reconstruction A Multimodality Imaging Approach , Symposium Review Article, Journal of Thoracic Imaging, , 41(3): 2026 Selected as Editor's Pick.
Isabelle C. Pappas, Quincy A. Hathaway, Hubert A. Gbate, Yashbir Singh, Elena Ghotbi, Friedrich D. Knollmann, Eduardo Mortani Barbosa, Jr., Achala Donuru, Dongming Xu A 10-Year Comprehensive, Single-Center, Retrospective Analysis on Juxtapleural Nodules: Insights into Classification and Risk. , Diagnostics , 16(11)(1663): 2026
Vinay Kandula, Drew Torigian, Maruti Kumaran, Ashwin Upadhyay, Achala Donuru. Is It IMT? Differentiating Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor from Benign and Malignant Mimics. , ARRS 2026 Annual Meeting: 2026
Christian Persichetti MD, Ashwin Upadhyay BS, Iman Yazdani MD, Maruti Kumaran MD, FRCR, Achala Donuru, MBBS, FRCR CT Findings Related to Intraparenchymal Placement of Chest Tubes , Society of Thoracic Radiology Annual Meeting : 2026
Woodlynn Daniel MD, Achala Donuru MBBS FRCR, Dongming Xu MD PhD Juxtapleural Nodules <10mm: A Call for Caution Beyond LUNG-Rads Criteria , Society of Thoracic Radiology Annual meeting : 2026
Rupali Jain, Ashwin Upadhyay, Achala Donuru "Pushed Aside": Imaging Clues to Extrapleural Thoracic Masses , Society of Thoracic Radiology Annual Meeting : 2026
Rupali Jain, Narainder Gupta, Achala Donuru Rare Perifissural Air in Barotrauma-Induced Pneumomediastinum , Lung India, 43(1): 2026
Rithika Sriram, Yashasvi Shukla, Ashwin Upadhyay, Vinay Kandula, Achala Donuru Thoracic pseudoaneurysms: A multivessel imaging review of aetiologies, imaging features and management implications , Lung India : 2026
Nachiappan AC*, Hu AC*, Stecher P, Su Y, Donuru A, Jacob JCM, Dave JK, Simpson SA, Pugliese SC, Maforo NG, Jamal F Defining an Upper HU Threshold for Acute Pulmonary Embolism in CT Pulmonary Angiography. , Journal of Thoracic Imaging. Accepted. : 2026
Yashasvi Shukla, Vinay Kandula, Ghanwa Khawaja, Maruti Kumaran, Nikolina Dioufa, Achala Donuru. The Great Imitators: Fungal and Fungal-Like Pneumonias with Pathological Correlation. , Roentgen Ray Review Categorical Course Highlight - Invited article. In press.: 2026