AkilaViswanathanMDMPH

Radiation Oncology • Baltimore, MD

Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins

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Office
401 North Broadway Street
Weinberg Building, Floor-L2
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone+1 410-955-6980

Fax+1 410-502-1419

Education & Training

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Radiation Oncology, 1998 - 2002
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineClass of 1997
Harvard School of Public HealthMSc, Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public HealthMPH
Harvard UniversityA.B.

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 2016 - 2025
DC State Medical License 2016 - 2024
VA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
PA State Medical License 2020 - 2022
MA State Medical License 1998 - 2017
American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014-2015
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Most Compassionate Doctor American Registry
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Clinical Trials

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guided Gynecologic Brachytherapy Start of enrollment: 2003 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Dosimetric Analysis of Vaginal Cuff Brachytherapy in Endometrial Carcinoma Start of enrollment: 2004 Jan 01
Completed
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy, Cisplatin, and Bevacizumab Followed by Carboplatin and Paclitaxel in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Endometrial Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Nov 06
Completed
Phase 2
Image-Guided Gynecologic Brachytherapy Start of enrollment: 2011 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 2
Standard Versus Intensity-Modulated Pelvic Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Endometrial or Cervical Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 3
Image-Guided Gynecologic Brachytherapy Start of enrollment: 2016 Dec 15
Recruiting
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

720 citations
Cervical cancer: A global health crisis
William Small, Monica Bacon, Amishi Bajaj, Linus Chuang, Brandon J. Fisher
Cancer. 2017-07-01
205 citations
IMPACT OF RADIOTHERAPY ON FERTILITY, PREGNANCY, AND NEONATAL OUTCOMES IN FEMALE CANCER PATIENTS
Jennifer Y. Wo, Akila N. Viswanathan
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2009-04-01
44 citations
Predictors of Toxicity After Image-guided High-dose-rate Interstitial Brachytherapy for Gynecologic Cancer
Larissa J. Lee, Akila N. Viswanathan
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2012-12-01

Press Mentions

Radiation Oncology and Its Role in the Treatment of Endometrial CancerOctober 24th, 2024
CRT Regimen Boosts Complete Response Rate in Unresectable Vulvar CancerMarch 27th, 2023
Johns Hopkins Proton Therapy Center Reaches Two Significant MilestonesDecember 2nd, 2021
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Grant Support

Changing brachytherapy with MRI remnant-tumor segmentation and active-catheter placementNCI2020–Present
MR-Guided Gynecologic BrachytherapyNIH2013–2018
Inflammation and Endometrial CancerNCI2006–2012