Tanuja A. Bhandari, M.D.
Tanuja Bhandari, M.D., brings nearly two decades of radiation oncology experience to City of Hope. Patients praise her skill, as well as her "kind, empathetic bedside manner."
Dr. Bhandari is well-versed in brachytherapy, image-guided radiation therapy and intraoperative radiation therapy. This method employs a one-time radiation treatment during breast cancer surgery, eliminating the need for weeks of follow-up treatments.
Dr. Bhandari received her medical degree from American University in Coral Gables, Florida. She continued her training at Allegheny General Hospital, an affiliate hospital of Drexel University which serves as the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project headquarters in Pittsburgh.
Prior to her training at Allegheny General Hospital, Dr. Bhandari completed an internship in internal medicine at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, an affiliate hospital of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Dr. Bhandari also received her health care M.B.A. from University of California Irvine.
St. Joseph of Orange Hospital
1000 W. LaVeta Ave
Orange, CA 92868
714-734-6250
City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center
Irvine, CA 92618
2007, American Board of Radiology, Clinical Oncology
2006, American Board of Radiology, Physics and Radiobiology
2001, M.D., American University, Coral Gables, FL
1996, B.S. Biology, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA
2003-2007, Chief Resident Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Affiliate Hospital of Drexel University, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast & Bowel Project Headquarters, Pittsburgh, PA
2001-2003, Resident Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Affiliate Hospital of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1999, Intern, American Cancer Society, Norwalk, CA
2018-present, Radiation Oncologist and Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2012-present, Radiation Oncologist, St. Joseph of Orange Hospital, Orange, CA
2007-2012, Radiation Oncologist, Vantage Radiation Oncology Center Riverside, Riverside, CA
2007-2012, Radiation Oncologist, Vantage Radiation Oncology Center San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA
- Williams VL, Bhandari T, Chen LJ, Wagman LD, Carpenter M, Harness JK, Khanijou R, Gobran M, Olaya W, Carandang MI, Ash RB. Recurrence rates for patients with early‐stage breast cancer treated with IOERT at a community hospital per the ASTRO consensus statement for APBI. Brachytherapy. 2019 Sep‐Oct;18(5):651‐657. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2019.04.270. Epub 2019 Jun 22. PMID: 31235444.
- Bhandari T. A prospective phase I comparison of toxicity and cosmesis outcomes of single-fraction IORT and hypofractionated radiotherapy with IORT boost in early-stage breast cancer. Brachytherapy 2017 Nov - Dec;16(6):1232-1238.
- Trombetta M, Julian T, Bhandari T, Werts ED, Parda DS. Breast conservation surgery and interstitial brachytherapy in the management of locally recurrent carcinoma of the breast: the Allegheny General Hospital experience. Brachytherapy, 2008 Jan-Mar;7(1):29-36.
- Bhandari T, Parda D, Le V, Miften M, Medich D, Celebrezze J, Beck S, Arshoun Y, Colonias A, Betler J, Werts E. Hypofractionated Pelvic-Inguinal IMRT for Colorectal and Anal Carcinoma. Oral Presentation 2006 Joint Scientific Meeting of the Pennsylvania Society of Oncology & Hematology and the Keystone Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, 2nd Place, Nov 3-4, 2006, King of Prussia, PA
- Bhandari T, Curtis D, Rosenthal L. A Case of Acute Liver Failure-Budd Chiari Syndrome. American College of Physicians-ASIM Maryland Chapter Volume 20: pp71, 2003.
- Bhandari T, Porterfield J. Pulmonary Hypertension. American College of Physicians-ASIM, 2002.
- Bhandari T, Wolf J. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. American College of ASIM, 2002.
- Bhandari T, Marshall JF, Vargo JM. “The Role of G-Proteins in Behavioral Recovery from Sensory Neglect Produced by Prefrontal Cortical Injury” Journal of Undergraduate Research Irvine, CA 1996 p3 99-404.