Meet Our Team
Inova's thoracic oncology team offers a level of expertise unparalleled in the Washington, D.C., region. Led by world-class medical directors, Sandeep Khandhar, MD, and Alex Spira, MD, Inova's dedicated thoracic surgeons specialize in minimally invasive techniques and work in collaboration with a team of specialists each focused on the unique complexities of caring for thoracic oncology patients.
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Meet our medical directors
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| Sandeep Khandhar, MD | Alex Spira, MD |
Meet our physician team
Radiation oncology
- Kin-sing Au, MD
- Gopal Bajaj, MD
- Jane Grayson, MD
- Samir Kanani, MD
- Matthew Poggi, MD
- Glenn Tonnesen, MD
Medical oncology
- Patrick Byrne, MD
- Robert Christie, MD
- Raymond Cuevo, MD
- Ajay Dar, MD
- Ravneet Grewal, MD
- Hamed Khosravi, MD
- Rangappa Rajendra, MD
- Robert Reid, MD
- Lee Resta, MD
- Patricia Rizzo, MD
- Nicholas Robert, MD
- Alex Spira, MD
- Mary Wilkinson, MD
Pathology
Gastroenterology
Thoracic surgery
Pulmonology
- Eyad Abu-Hamda, MD
- Douglas Beach, MD
- Robert Bloom, MD
- Richard Hoffman, MD
- James Lamberti, MD
- Eric Libre, MD
- Thomas McCabe, MD
- Oksana Shlobin, MD
- Ellen Vaughey, MD
- Matthew Williams, MD
- Pierre Wolfe, MD
Radiology
General Surgery


