Sonali Rudra, MD| Radiation Oncology | MedStar Health
Sonali Rudra

Sonali Rudra, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

4.8 out of 5 (519 reviews)

Specialties: Radiation Oncology

Languages: Spanish, Hindi, English

202-444-1610

About me

Sonali Rudra, MD, serves as director of the Breast Cancer Radiation Oncology Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, and an assistant professor for the Department of Radiation Medicine at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. She specializes in treating patients with breast cancer, gynecologic malignancies, pediatric malignancies, and central nervous malignancies, with a range of technologies including proton therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy/image-guided radiation therapy (IMRT/IGRT/Rapid Arc), CyberKnife stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), and high-dose rate brachytherapy.

Dr. Rudra is widely published in respected clinical journals and serves on an editorial board reviewing clinical articles. She also participates in professional activities, serving as a core member of the team at Georgetown responsible for accreditation by the NAPBC (National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers) to ensure clinical quality, as well as being a member of the Intraoperative Radiation (IORT) Working Group.

Philosophy of Care
"I believe in treating my patients as individuals, and strive to provide them with the best possible outcomes while minimizing the effect on their lives."

Conditions Treated

  • Breast cancers
  • Gynecologic malignancies
  • Pediatric malignancies
  • Central nervous malignancies
Procedures Performed 
  • Brachytherapy
  • Proton therapy
  • CyberKnife stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
  • CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
  • Intraoperative radiation therapy
  • High-dose rate brachytherapy
Dr. Rudra also performs brachytherapy treatment.

Clinical areas of focus

  • Adenocarcinoma Of The Head And Neck
  • Brain And Spine Tumors
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cyberknife
  • Genitourinary Cancers
  • Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
  • Lung Cancer
  • Lymphoma
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Proton Beam Therapy
  • Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
  • Total Body Irradiation

Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Acoustic Neuroma
  • Adenocarcinoma Of The Head And Neck
  • Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
  • Astrocytoma Tumors
  • Brain And Spine Tumors
  • Breast Cancer
  • Carcinoma In Situ Of Breast
  • Cervical And Endometrial Cancers
  • Cervical Cancer
  • Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
  • Endometrial Cancer
  • Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma
  • Eye Cancer
  • Fallopian Tube Cancer
  • Genitourinary Cancers
  • Glioblastoma Multiforme
  • Glioma
  • Gynecologic Cancer
  • Keloid
  • Laryngeal Cancer
  • Lobular Carcinoma In Situ (LCIS)
  • Lung Cancer
  • Lymphoma
  • Malignant Neoplasm Of Ureter
  • Meningioma
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Myxopapillary Ependymoma
  • Nasopharyngeal Cancer
  • Oligodendroglioma
  • Orbital Tumors
  • Oropharyngeal Cancer
  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Paranasal Sinus And Nasal Cavity Cancer
  • Pituitary Adenoma
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Radiation Necrosis
  • Radiation Toxicity
  • Small Bowel Cancer
  • Thymoma
  • Thyroid Cancer
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • Triple Negative Breast Cancer
  • Uterine Cancer
  • Vaginal Cancer
  • Vulvar Cancer
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Procedures I perform

  • 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy
  • Balloon Breast Brachytherapy
  • Brachytherapy
  • Chemoradiation
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cyberknife
  • External Beam Radiation Therapy
  • High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
  • Image Guided Radiation Therapy
  • Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
  • Intraoperative Radiation Therapy
  • Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy
  • Mammosite
  • Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
  • Pencil Beam Proton Therapy
  • Proton Beam Therapy
  • Radiation Treatment For Head And Neck Cancer
  • Radioembolization
  • Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery
  • Stereotactic Spine Radiosurgery
  • Three Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy
  • Tomotherapy
  • Total Body Irradiation
  • Unsealed Source Radiotherapy
  • Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy
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Practice locations

Distance from Enter your Location

3800 Reservoir Road Northwest
Bles Bldg Lower Level
Washington, DC, 20007

202-444-3320

Fax 202-444-9323

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Fax 202-444-9323

Insurance

MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.

    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)

    • CareFirst Administrators

      CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage

      Carefirst EPO

      Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO

      CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity

      CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced

      HealthyBlue PPO

      CareFirst MedStar Select PPO

      Carefirst BlueChoice HMO

      Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)

      Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)

      CareFirst NASCO

      Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access

      Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access

      CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO

      Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)

      CareFirst MedStar PPO

      CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)

      CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)

      Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)

    • United Choice Plus

      United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)

      United Select Plus (POS)

      D-SNP)

      United Optimum Choice

      United AARP Medicare Complete

      United Mamsi Life & Health

      United Golden Rule

      United MD IPA Preferred (POS)

      United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose

      United Erickson Advantage Plans

      United Navigate

      United Group Medicare Advantage Plans

      United Core Essential (HMO)

      United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP

      United Select HMO - EPO/NPP

      I-SNP

      United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia

      United Student Resources

      United MD IPA (HMO)

      United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)

      UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans

      United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program

      United Choice

    • Innovation Health: Open POS Plus

      Aetna Managed Choice (POS)

      Aetna Open Choice (PPO)

      Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA

      Innovation Health: Open POS II

      Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)

      Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus

      Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA

      Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)

      Innovation Health: POS

      Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)

      Innovation Health: Network Only Plus

      Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)

      Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus

      Aetna HMO

      Aetna Student Health Insurance

      Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II

      Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus

      Innovation Health: POS Plus

      Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network

      Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans

      Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA

      Innovation Health: Indemnity

      Innovation Health: PPO

      Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)

    • Cigna Preferred Medicare

      Cigna HMO Open Access

      Cigna Choice Fund PPO

      Cigna Network Open Access

      Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus

      Cigna Indemnity

      Cigna PPO and PPO Plus

      Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)

      Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)

      Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)

      Cigna EPO

      Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |

      Cigna POS/Network POS

      Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)

      Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)

      Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA

    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families

      MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance

      MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice

    • Kaiser Medicare Plus

      Kaiser Signature

      Kaiser Select

      Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO

      Kaiser Flexible Choice

      Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member

      Kaiser Select-Added Choice

      Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice

      Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select

      Virginia Premier

    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice

    • Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers

      Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus

      Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers

    • Medicaid - Maryland

      Medicaid - District of Columbia

      Medicaid - Virginia

    • Tricare Reserve Select

      Tricare for Life East

      Tricare East Prime

      Tricare East Select

    • HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO

      HumanaChoice PPO

    • Police and Fire Clinic

    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network

    • Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)

    • Traditional Medicare Fee for Service

    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)

    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)

    • Beech Street PPO

    • WellPoint Maryland

    • First Health PPO

      Coventry Health Care National Network PPO

      Coventry Health Care of Virginia

      Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology

Residency: The University of Chicago Medical Center Center For Care and Discovery (2013)

Internship: The University of Chicago Medical Center Center For Care and Discovery (2009)

Graduate: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2008)

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    4.9
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    4.9
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    4.9
  • Provider included you in decisions

    4.8
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    4.9
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    4.8
  • Feb 12, 2025

    Dr. Rudra is wonderful.

  • Feb 10, 2025

    Dr Rudra was wonderful, I felt heard and respected, which isn't often the case for women.

  • Feb 7, 2025

    Dr. Rudra is terrific Love her.