Anish Butala, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology
Chief, Palliative Radiation Oncology Service, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology
Director, Spine Radiotherapy Program, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology
Associate Chief, Clinical Operations, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Department of 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
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 January 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 March 2024.
Friedes C, Butala AA: Palliative Radiotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer. Annals of Palliative Medicine November 2023.
Butala AA, Buckingham L, Taunk NT: Palliative Radiotherapy for Gynecologic Malignancies. Palliative Radiation Oncology, 1st Edition. Neha Vapiwala, Joshua Jones, Kavita Dharmarajan (eds.). Elsevier, December 2022 Notes: Textbook Chapter.
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, July 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, May 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, February 2021.
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, November 2020.
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.
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, August 2017.