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
Director for Chest Imaging - PAH , Pennsylvania Hospital
Department: Radiology
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Radiology
Cardiothoracic imaging
3400 Spruce St.
1 Silverstein, Ste. 130
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiology
Cardiothoracic imaging
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.
DCH (Diploma in Child Health)
Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, United Kingdom, 2002.
MRCPCH (Membership of the Royal College of Pediatrics and 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.
DCH (Diploma in Child Health)
Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, United Kingdom, 2002.
MRCPCH (Membership of the Royal College of Pediatrics and 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
Vinay Kandula, Drew Torigian, Maruti Kumaran, Ashwin Upadhyay, Achala Donuru. : Is It IMT? Differentiating Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor from Benign and Malignant Mimics. ARRS 2026 Annual Meeting April 2026.Yashasvi Shukla, Rithika Sriram, Ashwin Upadhyay, Rupali Jain, Achala Donuru, Vinay V.R. Kandula: Pediatric Paramediastinal Masses: A Radiologic Guide. RSNA Annual meeting December 2025.
Rupali Jain, Julia Jacob, Narainder Gupta, Arun C. Nachiappan, Dongming Xu, Achala Donuru: Thoracic Pseudoaneurysms: A Multi-Vessel Imaging Review, Etiologies, Diagnostic Mimics, And Management Strategies. RSNA Annual meeting December 2025.
Ghanwa Khawaja, Rupali Jain, Mariah Novy, Vinay V.R. Kandula, Achala Donuru, Maruti K. Kumaran.: Thoracic Paraganglioma: A Radiologist's Guide to Imaging, Differentials, And Management Pitfalls. RSNA Annual meeting, December 2025.
Priscilla Stecher, Jaydev Dave, Yvonne Su, Michael Colfer, Achala Donuru, Eduardo Barbosa, Tessa Cook, Friedrich Knollmann, Julia Jacob, Arun Nachiappan: Assessing Impact of Technical Interventions on Image Quality of CT Pulmonary Angiograms Over Time. 50th Pendergrass Symposium - University of Pennsylvania June 2025.
Rupali Jain, Narainder Gupta, Achala Donuru: Rare Perifissural Air in Barotrauma-Induced Pneumomediastinum. Lung India June 2025.
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 April 29 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.