Anish Butala, MD
Radiation Oncology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Radiation Oncology Perelman - 2nd Floor
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About me

  • Chief, Palliative Service, Radiation Oncology
  • Director, Spine Radiotherapy Program
  • Chief, Clinical Operations, Radiation Oncology
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

55 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

October 2025
i was treated as though i was the only patient in the departments with regard to their attention to my needs and comfort.
September 2025
very professional while also being personable.
May 2025
first thing he said was i think we can help you and we're gonna try our best!
April 2025
i trust him, he is also very personable

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Butala is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Schad MD, Butala AA, Peters GW Beyond 1 Month: A Broader Look at the ROBOMET Trial Results , Journal of Clinical Oncology: 2025

Freeman CW, Mattay R, Kahn CE Jr., Loevner L, Butala AA, Malhotra NR, Hassankhani A Time is Spine: A Novel Radiology Reporting System for Optimizing Spine Oncology Decision-Making and Reducing Time to Treatment , American Journal of Neuroradiology: 2025

Chen XS, Zhang L, Ajithkumar T, Butala AA, Kim MM, Mayo CM, Rosen BS, Shen CJ, Murray L Practice Patterns of Reirradiation for Brain and Spinal Tumors – An International Survey from the Reirradiation Collaborative Group (ReCOG) , Practical Radiation Oncology: 2025

Messing I, Alexander D, Scheuermann R, Hubley E, Freeman C, Hassankhani A, Peters G, Butala AA Reirradiation with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Spinal Metastases: Planning Procedure from a High-Volume Multi-Disciplinary Spine Oncology Program (SOaR) , American Radium Society Annual Meeting: 2025

Alexander DA, Scheuermann R, Messing I, Malhotra N, Peters GW, Butala AA Assessing the Impact of Intrafraction Shifts on Critical OAR Doses in a Standardized Spine SBRT Program , American Association of Physicists in Medicine Annual Meeting: 2025

Xu E, Karsalia R, Gabriel E, Napole A, Hejazi-Garcia C, Kost J, McClintock S, Schuster JM, Butala AA, Peters GW, Hassankhani A, Knollman H, Freeman C, Malhotra N Preoperative Prediction of Postoperative Needs after Spinal Tumor Surgery , Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery: 2025

Bakhtiar M, Butala AA, Berlin EE, Metz JM, Bradley JD, Jones JA, Lukens JN, Paydar I, Taunk NK Factors Associated With and Characteristics of Patients Receiving Proton Therapy at the End of Life , International Journal of Particle Therapy: 2024

Friedes C, Butala AA Palliative Radiotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer , Annals of Palliative Medicine: 2023

Butala AA, Lee DY, Patel RR, Latif NA, Haggerty AF, Paydar I, Jones JA, Taunk NK. A Retrospective Study of Rapid Symptom Response in Bleeding Gynecologic Malignancies With Short Course Palliative Radiation Therapy: Less is More. , Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 61(2): 2021,377-383

Butala AA, Lo SS, Jones JA Advanced radiotherapy for metastatic disease-a major stride or a futile effort? , Annals of Palliative Medicine, 8(3): 2019,337-351