Neha Vapiwala, MD, FACR, FASTRO, FASCO
Radiation Oncology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Radiation Oncology Perelman - 2nd Floor
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Vice Chair, Education, Radiation Oncology
  • Associate Dean of Admissions, Perelman School of Medicine
  • Eli Glatstein Professor in Radiation Oncology

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

98 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 felt i was in good hands.
August 2025
very, very comfortable with dr. vapiwala
August 2025
very knowledgeable and great bedside manner
July 2025
i feel very confident that i am in the best possible hands to further treat my cancer.

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.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Vapiwala is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Hussain M, Lin D, Saad F, Vapiwala N, Chapin BF, Sandler H, Evans CP, Carducci MA, Sachdev S. Newly Diagnosed High-Risk Prostate Cancer in an Era of Rapidly Evolving New Imaging: How Do We Treat? , J Clin Oncol, 39(1): 2021,13-16


Valle L, Shabsovich D, de Meerleer G, Maurer T, Murphy DG, Nickols NG, Vapiwala N, Calais J, Kishan AU Use and Impact of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Prior to Salvage Radiation Therapy in Men with Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy: A Scoping Review , European Urology Oncology: 2021


Vapiwala N, Wong JK, Handorf E, Paly J, Grewal A, Tendulkar R, Godfrey D, Carpenter D, Mendenhall NP, Henderson RH, Stish BJ, Vargas C, Salama JK, Davis BJ, Horwitz EM A Pooled Toxicity Analysis of Moderately Hypofractionated Proton Beam Therapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in Early-Stage Prostate Cancer Patients , Int J Rad Onc Bio Phys: 2021


Vapiwala N The Power of Exercise to Influence Cardiovascular and Oncologic Outcomes-Survival of the Fittest , JAMA Oncol: 2021


Butala AA, Huang CC, Bryant CM, Henderson RH, Hoppe BS, Mendenhall NP, Vapiwala N, Mailhot Vega RB. Heterogeneity in Radiotherapeutic Parameter Assumptions in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses in Prostate Cancer: A Call for Uniformity , Value Health: 2022


Kamran SC, Winkfield KM, Reede JY, Vapiwala N. Intersectional Analysis of U.S. Medical Faculty Diversity over Four Decades , N Engl J Med, 386: 2022,1363-1371


Narayan V, Barber-Rotenberg JS, Jung IY, Lacey SF, Rech AJ, Davis MM, Hwang WT, Lal P, Carpenter EL, Maude SL, Plesa G, Vapiwala N, Chew A, Moniak M, Sebro RA, Farwell MD, Marshall A, Gilmore J, Lledo L, Dengel K, Church SE, Hether TD, Xu J, Gohil M, Buckingham TH, Yee SS, Gonzalez VE, Kulikovskaya I, Chen F, Tian L, Tien K, Gladney W, Nobles CL, Raymond HE; Prostate Cancer Cellular Therapy Program Investigators, Hexner EO, Siegel DL, Bushman FD, June CH, Fraietta JA, Haas NB. PSMA-targeting TGFbeta-insensitive armored CAR T-cells in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: a phase 1 trial , Nat Med: 2022


Meghani SH, Quinn R, Robinson A, Chittams J, Vapiwala N, Naylor M, Cheatle M, Knafl GJ. Trajectories and predictors of high-occurrence pain flares in ambulatory cancer patients on opioids , JNCI Cancer Spectr, 8: 2024,pkae003


Ennis RD, Corn BW, Krug S, Vapiwala N, Hoffe SE. Decision Making in Health Care: Embracing the Real People Comprising the Patient-Doctor Relationship , JCO Oncol Pract: 2024


Hamstra DA, Dignam JJ, Bruner DW, Michaelson MD, Bachand F, Master V, Torres MA, Saylor PJ, Wallace RE, Vapiwala N, Efstathiou JA, Roach M 3rd, Rosenthal SA, Raben A, Morgan SC, Kavadi VS, Spratt DE, Michalski JM, Seiferheld W, Pugh SL, Movsas B, Sandler H. Phase III trial of dose escalated radiation therapy and standard androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) vs. dose escalated radiation therapy and enhanced ADT with orteronel for men with high-risk prostate cancer (NRG/RTOG 1115) , Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys: 2025


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