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Sandeep J. Khandhar, MD, FACS

Thoracic Surgeon

Portrait of Sandeep J. Khandhar, MD, FACS

Sandeep J. Khandhar, MD, FACS

Board Certifications

General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery

Special Interests

Thoracic Surgery & Lung Cancer

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Fellowship

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Cardiothoracic Surgery; Duke University Hospital, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Oncology

Medical School

Northwestern University

Residency

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, General Surgery

College

Northwestern University Medical School

Languages

Gujarati

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Address
8613 Route 29
Fairfax, VA 22031
Hours
Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m
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TESTIMONIAL

Collaboration is the next innovation: bringing together the best of minds for the fastest diagnosis, most effective treatment and optimal quality of life and longevity. As a physician, he tells his patients: It’s my job to worry for you… it’s your job to live life.

Awards

Castle Connolly – 3 Years of Excellence – 2026
Castle Connolly #1 Physician Practice – 2025
Castle Connolly #1 Physician Practice – 2024
Virginia Top Doctor – 2025
Northern Virginia Magazine Top Doctor – 2026
Northern Virginia Magazine Top Doctor – 2025
Northern Virginia Magazine Top Doctor – 2024
Northern Virginia Magazine Top Doctor – 2023
Northern Virginia Magazine Top Doctor – 2022
Northern Virginia Magazine Top Doctor – 2021
Northern Virginia Magazine Top Doctor – 2020
Northern Virginia Magazine Top Doctor – 2019
Arlington Magazine Awards Top Doctor – 2025
Arlington Magazine Awards Top Doctor – 2024
Washingtonian Top Doctor – 2025
Washingtonian Top Doctor – 2024
Washingtonian Magazine Top Doctor – 2023
Washingtonian Magazine Top Doctor – 2022
Washingtonian Magazine Top Doctor – 2021
Washingtonian Magazine Top Doctor – 2020
Washingtonian Magazine Top Doctor – 2019
Washingtonian Magazine Top Doctor – 2018

Biography

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.

Physician Publications

NAVIGATE 24-Month Results: Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy for Pulmonary Lesions at 37 Centers in Europe and the United States

April 1, 2022

Implementing a thoracic enhanced recovery with ambulation after surgery program: key aspects and challenges.

November 10, 2018

Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions: One-Year Results of the Prospective, Multicenter NAVIGATE Study

November 23, 2018

Successful endobronchial treatment of a non-healing tracheoesophageal fistula from a previous histoplasmosis capsulatum infection using decellularized porcine urinary bladder matrix

August 13, 2018

Thoracic enhanced recovery with ambulation after surgery: a 6-year experience

June 1, 2018

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Locations

8613 Route 29

Fairfax, VA 22031

703.280.9596

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