Overview
Akila Viswanathan, M.D., M.P.H., is the director for the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, and a professor of radiation oncology, gynecology/obstetrics and oncology for Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Viswanathan leads the department emphasizing excellence in clinical care, research and education. She has expertise with gynecologic cancers and their treatment, including cervical and uterine cancers and image-guided brachytherapy. She has developed numerous clinical innovations and initiated several system-wide integration efforts at all sites, including Green Spring Station, Bayview, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Suburban's Rockledge site, and Sibley Memorial Hospital for the Johns Hopkins Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Viswanathan earned her undergraduate degree at Harvard University, her medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, followed by her Masters in Public Health and Masters in Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed a residency in radiation oncology at the Joint Center for Radiation Therapy at Harvard Medical School, where she served as chief resident. She has had research grant funding through the National Cancer Institute K07, R21 and R01 programs to support efforts in gynecologic cancers, specifically looking at the identification of gynecologic tumors at the time of brachytherapy under magnetic resonance imaging. The research team has developed several novel clinical innovations. Dr. Viswanathan has been named one of America's Top Doctors by Newsweek, Who’s who in America, and a Super Doctor by the Washington Post magazine. Dr. Viswanathan served as President and Chair of the Board of the American Brachytherapy Society; Chair of Education Committee for American Society for Radiation Oncology; and, on the Gynecologic Cancer Steering Committee and the uterine cancer task force for the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Akila Viswanathan has published more than 200 articles and chapters, and lectures nationally and internationally. She is the Editor-in-Chief for Seminars in Radiation Oncology. She is on the editorial board of Gynecologic Oncology and Brachytherapy, and is an editor of several textbooks including Gynecologic Radiation Therapy: Novel Approaches to Image-Guidance and Management, Radiation Therapy Techniques for Gynecologic Cancers, and Gunderson and Tepper's Clinical Radiation Oncology. Make A Gift.
Dr. Viswanathan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC). Her top areas of expertise are Vaginal Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Vulvar Cancer, Vulvectomy, and Cordotomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 190 peer reviewed articles and participating in 2 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Weinberg Building, Floor-L2, Baltimore, MD 21287
5255 Loughboro Road Northwest, Washington, DC 20016
10753 Falls Road, Pavilion II STE 145, Lutherville, MD 21093
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
2 Clinical Trials
LG Health Physicians Radiation Oncology
Kenneth Berkenstock is a Radiation Oncologist in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dr. Berkenstock is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC). His top areas of expertise are Posterior Fossa Tumor, Lung Cancer, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, and Familial Prostate Cancer. Dr. Berkenstock is currently accepting new patients.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. Daniel (Danny) Song is a Professor of Radiation Oncology, with joint appointments in Urology and Oncology. He serves as the Co-director of the Prostate Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Physician Advisor and Director of Faculty Affairs for the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences. His area of clinical expertise is in the management of genitourinary cancers, including cancers of the prostate, bladder and urinary tract, and testicular cancer. Dr. Song applies his expertise and clinical experience in the utilization of a variety of radiation modalities including external beam radiation, image-guided and intensity-modulated radiation, prostate brachytherapy (seed implants), and stereotactic body radiation therapy. Dr. Song's research interests include the development and refinement of new imaging methods to improve radiation targeting, as well as innovative means of reducing potential side effects of radiation treatment. His research is supported by federal and private research funding programs including two R01 awards from the National Cancer Institute, Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial Award, the American Cancer Society, and the Hopkins-BMS Immuno-Oncology Consortium. He is a reviewer and examiner for the American Board of Radiology, which administers the national board certification examination for radiation oncologists. He has served on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics and The Prostate, and on the scientific review committees for the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), American Brachytherapy Society, and the Dept of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program. He currently serves on the Scientific Planning Committee for the American Brachytherapy Society annual meeting. He has co-authored consensus guidelines on stereotactic body radiation therapy (TG-101) and image-guided robotic brachytherapy (TG-192) produced by the American Association of Physics in Medicine. Dr. Song sees patients at the Johns Hopkins Hospital (downtown Baltimore) as well as Greenspring Station (Timonium) practices. Make A Gift. Dr. Song is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC). His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, and Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer.
Medical Faculty Associates, Inc
Yuan Rao is a Radiation Oncologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Rao is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC). His top areas of expertise are Vulvar Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Vaginal Cancer, and Familial Prostate Cancer.
Areas of Expertise
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- Cervical CancerDr. Viswanathan isElite. Learn about Cervical Cancer.
- Endometrial CancerDr. Viswanathan isElite. Learn about Endometrial Cancer.
- Vaginal CancerDr. Viswanathan isElite. Learn about Vaginal Cancer.
- Vulvar CancerDr. Viswanathan isElite. Learn about Vulvar Cancer.
- Distinguished
- Adult Soft Tissue SarcomaDr. Viswanathan isDistinguished. Learn about Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma.
- Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the CervixDr. Viswanathan isDistinguished. Learn about Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Cervix.
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- CordotomyDr. Viswanathan isAdvanced. Learn about Cordotomy.
- Endometrial Stromal SarcomaDr. Viswanathan isAdvanced. Learn about Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma.
- MelanomaDr. Viswanathan isAdvanced. Learn about Melanoma.
- VulvectomyDr. Viswanathan isAdvanced. Learn about Vulvectomy.
- Experienced
- Prostate CancerDr. Viswanathan isExperienced. Learn about Prostate Cancer.
- Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC)Dr. Viswanathan isExperienced. Learn about Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC).