Nitika Paudel, MD PhD| Radiation Oncology | MedStar Health
About me
Nitika Paudel, MD, PhD, is a radiation oncologist in the Department of Radiation Medicine and director of the Lung Cancer Radiation Oncology program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Paudel specializes in:
- Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy
- Intensity and volumetric-modulated radiation therapy
- Image-guided radiation therapy
- Stereotactic body radiation therapy
- Stereotactic radiosurgery
- Proton therapy
- High dose rate brachytherapy
Dr. Paudel is currently an active member of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, American College of Radiation Oncology, Chicago Radiologic Society, and several other groups. She has been published in several prestigious scientific journals, including Surgical Oncology, Practical Radiation Oncology, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, and Journal of Virology.
Dr. Paudel’s main areas of clinical expertise include:
- Lung and Thoracic malignancies
- Breast malignancies
- Gynecological malignancies
- Head and neck malignancies
- Lymphomas/leukemia
- Palliative oncology
Clinical areas of focus
- Whole Breast Radiation Therapy
Procedures I perform
- Brachytherapy
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer And Fertility
- Cancer Treatment
- Clinical Trials Participation
- Cyberknife
- Endobronchial Brachytherapy
- Gastrointestinal Cancer Radiation
- Genitourinary Cancer Treatment
- Geriatric Care Management
- Gynecologic Cancer Radiation
- Head And Neck Cancer Radiation Treatment
- High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
- Image-Guided Brachytherapy
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy
- Low-Dose Rate Brachytherapy
- Low-Dose Rate Brachytherapy For Prostate Cancer
- Lymphoma Management
- Mammosite Brachytherapy
- Phototherapy For Jaundice
- Radiation Dosimetry Calculation
- Radiation Oncology Consultation
- Radiation Oncology Follow-Up
- Special Dosimetry
- Telemedicine Visit
- Testicular Tumor Prevention
- Therapeutic Radiology Simulation
- Total Skin Electron Therapy
- Transitional Cell Carcinoma Treatment
- Tumor Localization
- Whole Breast Radiation Therapy
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.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- POS OA
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- OA Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Administrators
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Employee Health Plan
- CIGNA EPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Network OA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 3500
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-POS Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Navigate
- HighMark
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst NASCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UHC Passport
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-HMO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst EPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- First Health PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, Radiation Oncology
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University (2019)
Internship: Weiss Memorial Hospital GME (2015)
Medical School: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine/Science (2014)