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Sandeep J. Khandhar, MD, FACS

Thoracic Surgeon

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Sandeep J. Khandhar, MD, FACS

Board Certifications

General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery

Special Interests

Thoracic Surgery and 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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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.

— Sandeep J. Khandhar, MD, FACS

Awards

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

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.

Recent News

October 28, 2026
Multiple physicians

Peer Recognition Reflects More Than Five Decades of Trusted Cancer Care Across Northern Virginia FAIRFAX, Va., October 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Virginia Cancer Specialists, the largest private cancer practice in Northern Virginia, is proud to announce that 27 physicians have been named to Washingtonian magazine’s 2026 Top Doctors list. Selected...

June 17, 2026
Multiple physicians

FAIRFAX, Va., June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Virginia Cancer Specialists is proud to announce that 21 of its physicians have been named to the Washingtonian “Top Doctors” Hall of Fame—an honor reserved for an elite group of physicians who have been consistently recognized by their peers as among the region’s...

February 5, 2026
Multiple physicians

FAIRFAX, Va., February 5, 2026/PRNewswire/ — Virginia Cancer Specialists, a trusted leader in community-based cancer care in Northern Virginia for more than 50 years, has been recognized for the third year running as the #1 physician practice in Virginia for cancer care and the #1 physician practice across all medical...

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