Anish Butala, MD

5.0 with 30 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Anish Butala, MD

5.0 with 30 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology
Dr. Butala is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Butala is part of these programs:

Education and Training

Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Primary Location

Penn Radiation Oncology Perelman - 2nd Floor

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
West Pavilion, 2nd Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Penn Palliative Care - Inpatient HUP

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
White Building, 2nd Floor
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

out of 5 ; Ratings;

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Aetna US Healthcare
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare
Humana / Medicare

Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
Multiplan
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

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

Butala AA, Buckingham L, Taunk NT: Palliative Radiotherapy for Gynecologic Malignancies Palliative Radiation Oncology, 1st Edition : 2022.

Williams GR, Manjunath SH, Butala AA, Jones JA: Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced Cancers: Indications and Outcomes Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America 30 (3): 563-580,2021.

Williams GR, Butala AA, Manjunath SH, Maxwell RJL, Anstadt EJ, Waxman AJ, Jones JA, Plastaras JP, Paydar I: Radiation Therapy for Plasma Cell Disease of the Brain and Skull: Poor Palliation and Survival After Treatment for Central Nervous System Involvement Advances in Radiation Oncology 6 (4): 100720,2021.

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): 377-383,2021.

Butala AA, Jain V, Reddy VK, Sebro RA, Song Y, Karakousis G, Mitchell TC, Lukens JN, Shabason JE: Impact of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes on Overall Survival in Merkel Cell Carcinoma The Oncologist 26 (1): 63-69,2021.

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

Butala AA, Patel RR, Manjunath S, Latif NA, Haggerty AF, Jones JA, Taunk NK.: Palliative Radiation Therapy for Metastatic, Persistent, or Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: Efficacy in the Era of Modern Technology and Targeted Agents Advances in Radiation Oncology 6 : 100624,2020.

Refaat T, Gentile M, Sachdev S, Dalal P, Butala AA, Gutiontov S, Helenowksi I, Lee P, Sathiaseelan V, Bloch O, Chandler J, Kalapurakal JA: Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Grade 2 Meningiomas Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base 78 (4): 288-294,2017.

Kadakia KC, Rozell SA, Butala AA, Loprinzi CL: Supportive cryotherapy: a review from head to toe Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 47 (6): 1100-15,2014.

Academic Contact Information

3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (AOA), National
American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO), National
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), National
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), National
Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honor Society, National
Society for Palliative Radiation Oncology (SPRO), National