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Work and Credentials:
Primary Location
Position
Thoracic Surgeon
Board Certification
Cardiothoracic Surgery and General Surgery
Fellowship
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Cardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Hospital Thoracic Surgery - Minimally Invasive and Thoracic Oncology
Residency
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio General Surgery
Medical School
Northwestern University Medical School
College
Northwestern University Medical School
Special Interests
Thoracic surgery, Lung Cancer
Hospital Affiliations
- Inova Fairfax Hospital
- Inova Alexandria Hospital
- Inova Loudoun Hospital
Dr. Sandeep Khandhar is board certified in cardiothoracic and general surgery. In 2019, he joined Virginia Cancer Specialists having over 20 years of clinical experience. He has a special interest in the management of Lung Cancer and employing minimally invasive surgical techniques.
Dr. Khandhar earned a degree from Northwestern University in Biomedical Engineering followed by his medical degree. He then went on to complete his internship and residency in General Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, where he also served as the administrative chief resident. There he completed a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery and then further specialized in Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Oncology at Duke University. He has been practicing cardiothoracic surgery in Northern Virginia for over a decade and has been granted many awards and honors. Among these honors were Northern Virginia Magazine Top Doctors and Washingtonian Top Doctors.
He has served and continues to serve in many hospital leadership roles. In an effort to steer the direction of growth and development in surgical lung cancer treatment, he sits on the advisory boards of leading medical device companies globally, staying abreast of cutting-edge technological innovations in the thoracic field. Dr. Khandhar is passionate about collaboration and believes that the best possible outcomes occur when the entire thoracic oncology team – medical oncology, radiation oncology and thoracic surgery work together to care for the patient.
Dr. Khandhar currently resides in Falls Church, Virginia with his wife and two daughters. In his spare time he likes to travel.
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Physician Publications
April 1, 2022
NAVIGATE 24-Month Results: Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy for Pulmonary Lesions at 37 Centers in Europe and the United States
Read MoreNovember 23, 2018
Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions: One-Year Results of the Prospective, Multicenter NAVIGATE Study
Read MoreNovember 10, 2018
Implementing a thoracic enhanced recovery with ambulation after surgery program: key aspects and challenges.
Read MoreMore Publications by Sandeep J. Khandhar, MD, FACS
August 13, 2018
Successful endobronchial treatment of a non-healing tracheoesophageal fistula from a previous histoplasmosis capsulatum infection using decellularized porcine urinary bladder matrix
Read MoreJune 1, 2018
Thoracic enhanced recovery with ambulation after surgery: a 6-year experience
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