Profile Details
Full Name: Dr. Anitha Mandava
Designation: Senior Consultant Radiologist
Specialty: Radiodiagnosis
Educational Qualification: MBBS, DMRD, DNB, FICR
Years of Experience (total): 29 years as Medical professional, 24 years as Radiologist
Medical Registration / License No: TSMC – 36610
Email: dranitha@basavatarakam.org
Brief profile:
- Education:
MBBS from Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad.
DMRD from Kakatiya Medical College Warangal, Telangana.
DNB (Radiodiagnosis) – National Board of Examination, New Delhi.
- Experience: Former Additional Chief Health Director and Head of the Department of Radiology in Central Hospital, SCR (Indian Railways).
Awards & Honours:
- Received award and medal for excellence in work from Ministry of Railways, Government of India in 2007 & 2010
- Awarded Fellowship of Indian college of Radiology (FICR) from Indian College of Radiology & Imaging, and Indian Radiology & Imaging Association in 2019
- Received best teacher award for Radiodiagnosis from National Board of Examination, New Delhi, India in 2024
Publications:
- Anitha Mandava, Meghana Kandati, Rakesh Juluri, Veeraiah Koppula. Metastatic Pulmonary Artery Thromboembolism from Osteosarcoma of the Femur. Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging 2025; 7(6):e250159 • https://doi.org/10.1148/ryct.250159
- Akkineni NP, Kavikondala M, Penumarti SV, Vaishnavi P, Mohan MV, Santa A, Mandava A, Rajagopalan R, Rao TS, Gudipudi DK, Rajappa SJ. Practical Challenges and Implementation Considerations for Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Experience from a Tertiary Cancer Center in India. Indian Journal of Gynecologic Oncology. 2025 Sep;23(3):1-7.
- Chammas MC, Sigrist R, Alfageme F, Gonzalez C, Cavallieri F, Desyatnikova S, Crisan M, Velthuis P, Schelke L, Catalano O, Cartier H. Mandava A, Weiner S, Master M, Wortsman X. WFUMB Position Paper: Consensus on Best Practice in Aesthetic Dermatologic Ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 2025 Aug 27. 51. 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2025.07.003
- Velthuis P, Alfageme F, Cartier H, Cassuto D, Catalano, O, Cavallieri F, Desyatnikova S, Gonzalez CP, Kim JS, Mandava A, Mariluis CA, Schelke LS, Shah-Desai S, Weiner S, Wortsman X. The Use of Ultrasound Imaging in Aesthetic Injectables: A modified Delphi consensus. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 2025. 104; 33–37 10.1016/j.bjps.2025.03.001.
- Mandava A, Yalamanchili R, Kodandapani S, Koppula V. Primary pulmonary osteosarcoma: A rare malignancy of the lung with his5topathologic correlation. Case Reports in Clinical Radiology. 2025 Feb 6;3(1):67-70.
- Mandava A, Koppula V, Kandati M, Reddy AK, Rajappa SJ, Rao TS. Multimodality Imaging in the Diagnosis and Staging of Gestational 7Choriocarcinoma. Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging. 2025 Jan;35(01):148-58.
- Mandava A, Yarlagadda S, Kodandapani S, Sannapareddy K, Kadari S, Koppula V. Multimodality imaging of myofibroblastom9a of male breast with histopathological correlation: A case report. Medical Reports. 2024 Aug 1;6:100074.
- Mandava A, Koppula V, Reddy AK, Ali AZ, Mallavarapu KM. Imaging in Ocular Surface Squamous Cell Carcinoma: There’s More to PET/CT Than Meets the Eye. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 2024 Aug 1;49(8):e403-5.
- Yarlagadda S, Mandava A, Fonseca D, Koppula V. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the lung in intralobar bronchopulmonary sequestration. Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging. 2024 Apr 11;6(2):e230365.
- Mandava A, Kandem S, Juluri R, Reddy AK, Koppula V. Primary Osteosarcoma of the Sternum with Lung Metastases. Radiology: Imaging Cancer. 2024 Feb 23;6(2):e230199.
- Mandava A, Koppula V, Kandati M, Reddy AK, Abubacker ZA. Primary leiomyosarcoma of suprahepatic inferior vena cava with metastases. Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2024 Jan 1;39(1):63-5.
- Mandava A, Koppula V, Kodandapani S, Kommu VR. “Leopard skin” sign: Magnetic resonance imaging appearance of Lhermitte-Duclos disease with histopathologic correlation. Case Reports in Clinical Radiology. 2024 Jan 31;2(1):36-9.
- Mandava A, Koppula V, Kandati M, Raju KV. Synchronous radiation-induced enterovesical and enterocervical fistulas in carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Radiation Oncology Journal. 2023 Nov 27;41(4):297.
- Kommu VR, Kodandapani S, Challa S, Mandava A. Myositis ossificans of lumbar paraspinal muscles masquerading as soft tissue sarcoma. International Journal of Neurooncology. 2023 Jul 1;6(2):77-82.
- Mandava A, Reddy AK, Mallavarapu KM, Koppula V. Choriocarcinoma syndrome in a case of abdominal testicular germ cell tumor with long-standing bilateral gynecomastia. West African Journal of Radiology. 2023 Jan 1;30(1):26-8.
- Mandava A, Kandati M, Koppula V. Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia in a Uterus with Müllerian Duct Anomaly Complicated by Arteriovenous Malformation. Radiology: Imaging Cancer. 2023 Jan 27;5(1):e220133.
- Mandava A, Koppula V, Kandati M, Sharma G, Potlapalli A, Juluri R. Ultrasound in the diagnosis of malignant pelvic fistulas: sonographic findings in correlation with computed tomography imaging. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 2020 Dec 1;46(12):3460-7.
- Sudhir R, Koppula V, Mandava A, Kamala S, Potlapalli A. Technique and clinical applications of dual-energy contrast-enhanced digital mammography (CEDM) in breast cancer evaluation: a pictorial essay. Diagnostic and interventional radiology. 2020 Nov 25;27(1):28.
- Mandava A, Koppula V, Yalamanchili R, Yadav D, Juluri R. Ultrasound imaging of acute scrotum: Pictorial review with etiological correlation. The ASEAN Journal of Radiology. 2020 Aug 30;21(2):90-109.
- Mandava A, Koppula V, Sharma G, Kandati M, Raju KV, Subramanyeshwar Rao T. Evaluation of genitourinary fistulas in pelvic malignancies with etiopathologic correlation: role of cross sectional imaging in detection and management. The British journal of radiology. 2020 Jul 1;93(1111):20200049.
- Mandava A, Koppula V, Yalamanchili R, Ali Z. Metastatic extramammary Paget disease of the perianal region. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 2019 Jul 1;44(7):e431-2.
- Mandava A, Koppula V, Abubakar ZA. Utility of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography in the detection of primary colonic malignancy presenting as an inguinoscrotal hernia. Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2019 Apr 1;34(2):140-2.
- Mandava A, Koppula V, Wortsman X, Catalano O, Alfageme F. The clinical value of imaging in primary cutaneous lymphomas: role of high-resolution ultrasound and PET-CT. The British Journal of Radiology. 2019 Apr 1;92(1096):20180904.
- Martorell A, Wortsman X, Alfageme F, Roustan G, Arias-Santiago S, Catalano O, di Santolo MS, Zarchi K, Bouer M, Gaitini D, Gonzalez C, García-Martínez FJ, Mandava A. Ultrasound evaluation as a complementary test in hidradenitis suppurativa: proposal of a standarized report. Dermatologic Surgery. 2017 Aug 1;43(8):1065-73.
- Wortsman X, Alfageme F, Roustan G, Arias Santiago S, Martorell A, Catalano O, Scotto di Santolo M, Zarchi K, Bouer M, Gonzalez C, Bard R, Mandava A, Crisan M, Crisan D. Proposal for an assessment training program in dermatologic ultrasound by the DERMUS group. J Ultrasound Med. 2016; 35: 2305-2309.
- Wortsman X, Alfageme F, Roustan G, Arias-Santiago S, Martorell A, Catalano O, Scotto di Santolo M, Zarchi K, Bouer M, Gonzalez C, Bard R, Mandava A, Gaitini D. Guidelines for performing dermatologic ultrasound examinations by the DERMUS group. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2016 Mar;35(3):577-80.
- Mandava A, Rajaram N, Krovi N. Urocolpos due to vesicovaginal reflux. International urogynecology journal. 2015 Jan;26(1):151-3.
- Mandava A, Rao RP, Kumar DA, Prasad IS. Imaging in emphysematous epididymo-orchitis: a rare cause of acute scrotum. Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging. 2014 Aug;24(03):306-9.
- Mandava A, Ravuri PR, Konathan R. High-resolution ultrasound imaging of cutaneous lesions. Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging. 2013 Jul;23(03):269-77.
- Mandava A, Konathan R, Neelala K. Utility of high-resolution ultrasonography and colour Doppler in the assessment of pigmented skin lesions. Ultrasound. 2012 Aug;20(3):155-60.
- Mandava A, Rajaram N, Nagasundari K, Kota KK. Ultrasound and colour Doppler of placental chorioangioma with oligohydramnios. Ultrasound. 2013 Feb;21(1):36-9.
- Mandava A, Prabhakar RR, Smitha S. OHVIRA syndrome (obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal anomaly) with uterus didelphys, an unusual presentation. Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology. 2012 Apr 1;25(2):e23-5.
Books/Chapters.
- Mandava A, Koppula V. Dermatological Manifestations in Systemic Diseases – Role of Imaging. In Comprehensive Textbook of Clinical Radiology: Principles of Clinical Radiology, Multisystem Diseases & Head and Neck, Elsevier. Volume 1. 2.14.1. e. 551.
- Mandava A, Koppula V. Radiological Imaging of Skin and Subcutaneous Disorders. In Comprehensive Textbook of Clinical Radiology: Principles of Clinical Radiology, Multisystem Diseases & Head and Neck. Elsevier. Volume 1. 2.14.2. e. 661.
- Mandava A. Ultrasound of cutaneous lymphomas. In Textbook of Dermatologic Ultrasound 2022 Dec 14 (pp. 251-258). Cham: Springer International Publishing.