
Sahaja Acharya, MD
Radiation Oncology
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Sahaja Acharya
Professional Titles
- Director, Pediatric Radiation Oncology
- Associate Director, Radiation Oncology Residency Program
Primary Academic Title
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
Background
Sahaja Acharya is the Director of Pediatric Radiation Oncology within the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences. She specializes in pediatric brain tumors, pediatric sarcomas, and adult sarcomas. She is also the Associate Director for the Radiation Oncology Residency Program.
She leads the Pediatric Radiation Oncology program at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and treats patients at both Johns Hopkins Hospital and Sibley Memorial Hospital. She has extensive expertise in proton therapy, SBRT, pediatric malignancies, and adult sarcoma. She is the Principal Investigator on external grants from ASCO Conquer Cancer, the Department of Defense, and the Carson Leslie Foundation. She is also the Principal Investigator of phase II pediatric brain tumor clinical trials. She has been invited to participate in multiple national and international guideline committees and regularly lectures on pediatric malignancies and proton therapy.
Dr. Acharya received her Bachelor's in Chemistry and Political Science from Stanford University and her medical degree from Saint Louis University. She completed radiation oncology residency at Washington University in St. Louis.
Additional Academic Titles
Assistant Professor of Oncology
Lab Website
Honors
- Carson Leslie Foundation #cureMEdullo Team Science Grant in Medulloblastoma, 2024
- Department of Defense CDMRP Award, 2023
- Early Career Women's Leadership Program, 2023
- Young Investigator Award SIOP, 2021
- Conquer Cancer ASCO Career Development Award, 2020
- ASCO/AACR Methods in Clinical Trials Participant, 2017
- PTCOG Fellow, 2017
- NCCN Oncology Fellow, 2017
- Roentgen Resident Research Award, 2017
- ASCO Merit Award, 2015
Locations
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
- 401 North Broadway Street, Weinberg Building, Floor-L2, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-502-8000
- fax: 410-502-1419
- Sibley Memorial Hospital
- 5255 Loughboro Road Northwest, Washington, DC 20016
- phone: 410-502-8000
- fax: 202-243-5271
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
- 401 North Broadway Street, Weinberg BLDG, Floor-L1 (Lobby Level), Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-502-8000
- fax: 410-502-1419
- Sibley Memorial Hospital
- 5255 Loughboro Road Northwest, Washington, DC 20016
- phone: 410-502-8000
- fax: 202-919-2490
- Sibley Memorial Hospital
- 5255 Loughboro Road Northwest, Washington, DC 20016
- phone: 410-502-8000
- fax: 202-919-2490
Expertise
Education
Washington University School of Medicine
Residency, Radiation Oncology, 2017Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 2012Board Certifications
Radiation Oncology
American Board of Radiology, 2018Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)