Anish Butala
Anish Butala, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology
Department: Radiation Oncology
Contact information
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Management and Organizational Analysis)
New York University, 2012.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Northwestern University, 2016.
Permanent linkBS (Management and Organizational Analysis)
New York University, 2012.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Northwestern University, 2016.
Selected Publications
Messing I, Alexander D, Scheuermann R, Hubley E, Baron J, Berger M, Riina MD, Hassankhani A, Freeman C, Malhotra NR, Peters GW, Butala AA: Reirradiation with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Spinal Metastases: Planning Procedure from a High-Volume Multi-Disciplinary Spine Oncology Program (SOaR2). Practical Radiation Oncology December 2025 Notes: In Press.Schad MD, Butala AA, Peters GW: Beyond 1 Month: A Broader Look at the ROBOMET Trial Results. Journal of Clinical Oncology 43(31): 3422-3423, September 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 46(11): 2420-2427, Nov 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 15(6): 545-552, Nov-Dec 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 July 2025 Notes: Washington DC.
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 250: 108752, Mar 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 11: 100014, Apr 2024.
Friedes C, Butala AA: Palliative Radiotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer. Annals of Palliative Medicine 13(1): 1-4, Jan 2024.
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, February 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, July 2019.