Neelima Vidula, MD
Neelima Vidula, MD
About Neelima Vidula, MD
Neelima Vidula, M.D. is a breast medical oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). She strives to provide outstanding patient care, and incorporate the latest data and newest therapies in treatment plans for patients. Dr. Vidula completed medical school and residency in internal medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL, and a clinical and research fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at the University of California San Francisco in San Francisco, CA.
Dr. Vidula is the principal investigator of many early phase clinical trials studying novel agents for patients with breast cancer. Among these trials, she is the national co-principal investigator of a multi-center study she designed with immunotherapy and chemotherapy for chest wall disease, which she is leading at multiple sites across the country including MGH through the Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium. She was recently awarded a prestigious Pfizer ASPIRE award for a study she designed to evaluate a PARP inhibitor in patients with somatic BRCA mutant metastatic breast cancer. Dr. Vidula also performs clinical research evaluating the impact of biomarkers on therapy response and patient outcomes, and conducts research in precision medicine using cell-free DNA and tumor genotyping. She has presented her research at several national and international meetings and published articles in high-impact journals. She also enjoys teaching medical students, residents, and fellows.
Clinical Interests:
- Breast Cancer
- Clinical trials
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Cancer Center
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-5130
Phone: 877-726-5130
Medical Education
- MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Residency, McGaw Medical Center
- Fellowship, UC San Francisco Medical Center
American Board Certifications
- Hematology, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Medical Oncology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Ongoing Clinical Trials:
-Pembrolizumab With Carboplatin Compared to Carboplatin Alone in Breast Cancer Patients With Chest Wall Disease (NCT03095352)
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03095352
-Evaluation of Talazoparib, a PARP Inhibitor, in Patients With Somatic BRCA Mutant Metastatic Breast Cancer: Genotyping Based Clinical Trial (NCT03990896)
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03990896
-Oral Paclitaxel Efficacy Safety and PK in Recurrent and Metastatic Breast Cancer (OPERA) (NCT03326102)
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03326102
-Study of Safety and Efficacy of Novel Immunotherapy Combinations in Patients With Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) (NCT03742349)
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03742349
Publications
Reviews: Comments and Ratings
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Dr. Vidula is Professional, very knowledgeable and makes us feel very comfortable and explains everything well.
I really appreciate the time and care Dr. Vidula gives to me. She is a pleasure to meet with and I feel confident in what she has to say.
I am very pleased with my doctor. Yes
[redacted] Sometimes Dr. Vidula seems rushed.
Dr. Vidula is very kind and considerate and tried to have her scheduler get me to come in on the same day for both my mammogram and yearly visit
Dr Vidula, has always been a great listener and explained my cancer treatment in detail...Grateful to have Dr Vidula as my Oncologist and forever doctor.
I am very happy that I have a good doctor who listens to me carefully and provides answers to all my questions.
Always a pleasure to chat with Dr Vidula!
I'm very pleased with the whole experience. Thank you.
She rushes through appointments and doesn't seem to remember information from previous appointments even though they are only one month apart.