Achala Donuru, MBBS, MRCPCH, DCH, FRCR
Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology
Active Medical Staff, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Active Medical Staff, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Active Medical Staff, The Chester County Hospital, West Chester, PA
Attending, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Network Practice Optimization Team Leader, Cardiothoracic imaging, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Wellness Program Director, Cardiothoracic imaging division, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
PEC Representative - Chest Division , HUP
Director for Chest Imaging - PAH , Pennsylvania Hospital
Member Departmental Committee On Appointments and Promotions (DCOAP), HUP
Department: Radiology
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Radiology
3400 Spruce St.
1 Silverstein, Ste. 130
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiology
3400 Spruce St.
1 Silverstein, Ste. 130
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-955-3797
Education:
M.D (Doctor of Medicine)
Gandhi Medical College, Andhra Pradesh University of Health Sciences, India, 1998.
MRCPCH (Membership of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health)
Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, United Kingdom, 2002.
DCH (Diploma in Child Health)
Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, United Kingdom, 2002.
FRCR (Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists)
Royal College of Radiologists, United Kingdom, 2007.
Permanent linkM.D (Doctor of Medicine)
Gandhi Medical College, Andhra Pradesh University of Health Sciences, India, 1998.
MRCPCH (Membership of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health)
Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, United Kingdom, 2002.
DCH (Diploma in Child Health)
Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, United Kingdom, 2002.
FRCR (Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists)
Royal College of Radiologists, United Kingdom, 2007.
Selected Publications
Ghanwa Khawaja, Maruti Kumaran, Nikolina Dioufa, Achala Donuru : The Great Imitators: Fungal and Fungal-Like Pneumonias with Pathological Correlation. ARRS Annual Meeting May 2025.Rupali Jain, Maruti Kumaran, Achala Donuru: A Rare Encounter: Incidental Ectopic Origin of the Right Pulmonary Artery in an Adult. Aorta May 2025.
Rupali Jain, Achala Donuru: Spontaneous Pneumothorax in the "Healthy" Lung: When the Obvious is Not So Obvious. e-poster at Society of Thoracic Radiology Annual meeting March 2025.
Rupali Jain, Yashasvi Shukla, Achala Donuru: Intrathoracic Migration of a Broken Port Needle: An Unusual Complication and Management. Austin J Clin Case Rep. 2025; 12(1): 1347. 1(12): 1347, January 2025.
Julia Jacob, John Jacob, Drew Torigian, Achala Donuru.: Evolving Landscape of Chest Wall Reconstruction: A Multimodality Imaging Approach. RSNA Annual meeting December 2024.
Achala Donuru, Vinay Kandula, Rahim Rizi, Drew Torigian: Using Imaging Biomarkers for Comprehensive Lung Pathology Diagnosis. RSNA Annual meeting December 2024.
A. C. Nachiappan , Y. Su , M. Colfer, P. Stecher , H. I. Litt , E. J. Mortani Barbosa, JR , J. C. Jacob, S. A. Simpson, A. Donuru. : Optimization Techniques for Rescan of Problematic CT Pulmonary Angiograms. RSNA Annual meeting December 2024.
Ryan Graham, Ghanwa Khawaja, Vinay Kandula, Arun Nachiappan, Maruti Kumaran, Achala Donuru. : Thoracic Fistulas - A Multifaceted Challenge. RSNA Annual meeting December 2024.
Achala Donuru, Drew A. Torigian, Arun C Nachiappan.: The Role of Grayscale Inversion in Diagnosing Acute Occlusive and Chronic Pulmonary Emboli on Computed Tomography. International Journal of Angiology. Thieme, 33(2): 132-133, June 2024.
Peter Makhoul, Nikolina Dioufa, Friedrich Knollman, Achala Donuru. : Radiological-Pathological Correlation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis. ARRS Annual meeting May 2024.