Aruna Turaka, MD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Aruna Turaka, MD
- Radiation Oncology
- 3D Conformal radiation therapy
- Accelerated partial breast irradiation
- Deep inspiration breath holding breast cancer radiotherapy
- Hypofractionated radiation therapy
- Intensity modulated radiation therapy
- Leukemia/lymphoma radiation therapy
- Lung cancer
- Stereotactic body radiation therapy
- Thymomas and thymic malignancies
I am a board-certified radiation oncologist with expertise in treating breast cancer, lymphomas and leukemias. I also care for patients with thoracic cancers, which affect the lungs, trachea and the chest space that includes the heart.
Good quality of life helps with healing during cancer treatment. That’s why it’s important to me to ensure my patients’ minds, bodies and spirits are nurtured during radiation therapy. I am involved with clinical trials that study new treatment options, which allows me to help my patients understand their treatment choices for better cancer care outcomes.
I speak multiple languages, including Telugu, Hindi and Urdu.
- Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
- Breast cancer
- Lung cancer
- Lymphomas
- Chairman of Radiation Oncology at Nazareth Hospital, Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic (2023)
- Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors in Radiation Oncology (2023)
- Trademark "Women of Distinction" for Iowa State (2018)
- Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctors: Dubuque, IA (2017-2020)
- Elsevier Reviewer recognition to Clinical Lung Cancer (2016)