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Sandhya Khurana, M.D.
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400 Red Creek Drive, Suite 110
Rochester, NY 14623
About Me
Professional Background
Dr. Khurana's clinical and research interests include comprehensive multidisciplinary management of severe asthma. She believes in a patient-centered team-based approach to management of this complex condition. She has expertise in application of novel therapies for severe asthma including new monoclonal antibodies. She is the site principal investigator in several multicenter clinical trials evaluating new treatments in asthma.
Dr. Khurana has chaired asthma-focused sessions and participated as faculty at national and international meetings. She has co-authored several peer-reviewed papers and guidelines on asthma. She is the co-editor of textbook "Difficult to Treat Asthma: Clinical Essentials". She is an Associate Editor for the European Respiratory Review journal of the ERS. She has served on the American Thoracic Society(ATS)/European Respiratory Society's joint task-force on severe asthma and is the Co-Chair of new ATS asthma guidelines on the use of as-needed inhaled steroids. Dr. Khurana has several leadership roles in the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST). She is a Regent-at-Large and serves on the Governance committee. She will be the Chair of the scientific program committee for CHEST 2025. She is the past Chair of Airway Disorders NetWork of the American College of Chest Physicians.
Faculty Appointments
Professor - Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care (SMD)
Director, Mary Parkes Center - Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care (SMD) - Joint
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital & Medical College. 2000 - 2003
Residency, Internal Medicine, State University of NY Health Science Center/Brooklyn. 1997 - 2000
Internship, Internal Medicine, State University of NY Health Science Center/Brooklyn. 1996 - 1997
Education
MBBS | University College of Medical Sciences-Delhi (India). 1992
Research
Clinical Trials
Lead Researcher: Sandhya Khurana
Because lung function reaches its peak level between the ages of 25-35 years old, we are beginning our study with people only in this age range. If you are in this age range and have no history of chronic (i.e. long-lasting) lung diseases - other tha...
Publications
Journal Articles
Khurana S, Taube C
Current opinion in pulmonary medicine.. 2024 May 130 (3):266-267. Epub 03/26/2024.
Georas SN, Khurana S
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology.. 2024 February 8 Epub 02/08/2024.
Sandra G. Adams, Diego J. Maselli, Sandhya Khurana, Martha Zaborowski Pascale, Greg Lasko, Kaitlyn Chisholm Dada, Robb Rabito, Traci N. Adams.
CHEST Pulmonary. 2024; : 100061.
Connolly MJ, Donohue PA, Palli R, Khurana S, Cai X, Georas SN
Chest.. 2023 June 17 Epub 06/17/2023.
Maeda T, Fe A, Khurana S, Nead M
Cure?us.. 2023 February 15 (2):e35273. Epub 02/21/2023.
Maeda T, Khurana S
Advances in experimental medicine and biology.. 2023 1426 :143-161. Epub 1900 01 01.
Donohue P, Love NC, Connolly M, Khurana S, Georas SN
Respiratory medicine and research.. 2022 December 683 :100985. Epub 12/06/2022.
Mustafa SS, Patrawala S, Khurana S
Current opinion in pulmonary medicine.. 2022 February 7 Epub 02/07/2022.
Sandhya Khurana.
Journal of Precision Respiratory Medicine. 2022; 5(1): 1-4.
Casale TB, Burnette A, Bourdin A, Howarth P, Hahn B, Stach-Klysh A, Khurana S
Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease.. 2022 16 :17534666221107313. Epub 1900 01 01.
Khatri SB, Iaccarino JM, Barochia A, Soghier I, Akuthota P, Brady A, Covar RA, Debley JS, Diamant Z, Fitzpatrick AM, Kaminsky DA, Kenyon NJ, Khurana S, Lipworth BJ, McCarthy K, Peters M, Que LG, Ross KR, Schneider-Futschik EK, Sorkness CA, Hallstrand TS,
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine.. 2021 November 15204 (10):e97-e109. Epub 1900 01 01.
Abbas F, Georas S, Cai X, Khurana S
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology.. 2021 September 2 Epub 09/02/2021.
Clark HL, Illipparambil LC, Khurana S
BMJ case reports.. 2021 July 114 (7)Epub 07/01/2021.
Sood V, Rogers L, Khurana S
Chest.. 2021 May 18 Epub 05/18/2021.
Tejwani V, Chang HY, Tran AP, Naber JA, Gutzwiller FS, Winders TA, Khurana S, Sumino K, Mosnaim G, Moloney RM,
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology.. 2021 March 26 Epub 03/26/2021.
Sharma S, Khurana S, Federman AD, Wisnivesky J, Holguin F
Immunology and allergy clinics of North America.. 2020 November 40 (4):565-573. Epub 1900 01 01.
Khurana S, Bush A, Holguin F
Breathe.. 2020 June 16 (2):200058. Epub 1900 01 01.
Khurana S, Brusselle GG, Bel EH, FitzGerald JM, Masoli M, Korn S, Kato M, Albers FC, Bradford ES, Gilson MJ, Price RG, Humbert M
Clinical therapeutics.. 2019 October 41 (10):2041-2056.e5. Epub 08/22/2019.
Holguin F, Cardet JC, Chung KF, Diver S, Ferreira DS, Fitzpatrick A, Gaga M, Kellermeyer L, Khurana S, Knight S, McDonald VM, Morgan RL, Ortega VE, Rigau D, Subbarao P, Tonia T, Adcock IM, Bleecker ER, Brightling C, Boulet LP, Cabana M, Castro M, Chanez P, Custovic A, Djukanovic R, Frey U, Frankemolle B, Gibson P, Hamerlijnck D, Jarjour N, Konno S, Shen H, Vitary C, Bush A
The European respiratory journal.. 2019 September 26 Epub 09/26/2019.
Bhargava S, Holla AD, Jayaraj BS, Praveena AS, Ravi S, Khurana S, Mahesh PA
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma.. 2019 September 3 :1-12. Epub 09/03/2019.
Khurana S, Lyness JM, Mallett S, Nelsen LM, Prazma CM, Albers FC, Forshag M, Llanos JP, Yancey SW, Ortega HG
Allergy and asthma proceedings :. 2019 July 140 (4):230-239. Epub 1900 01 01.
Krol K, Morgan MA, Khurana S
The Medical clinics of North America.. 2019 May 103 (3):565-576. Epub 1900 01 01.
Khurana S, Jarjour NN
Clinics in chest medicine.. 2019 March 40 (1):59-70. Epub 12/19/2018.
Khurana S, Paggiaro P, Buhl R, Bernstein JA, Haddon J, Unseld A, Engel M, Casale TB, Dixon AE
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice.. 2019 7 (7):2425-2428.e7. Epub 03/19/2019.
Saran JS, Kreso M, Khurana S, Nead M, Larj M, Karan S
Anesthesia and analgesia.. 2018 May 126 (5):1575-1579. Epub 1900 01 01.
Ortega HG, Liu MC, Pavord ID, Brusselle GG, FitzGerald JM, Chetta A, Humbert M, Katz LE, Keene ON, Yancey SW, Chanez P,
The New England journal of medicine.. 2014 September 25371 (13):1198-207. Epub 09/08/2014.
Hastie AT, Batra V, Khurana S, Carpenter KA, Cirelli R, Zangrilli JG, Peters SP
Chest.. 2003 March 123 (3 Suppl):377S. Epub 1900 01 01.
Batra V, Khurana S, Musani AI, Hastie AT, Carpenter KA, Zangrilli JG, Peters SP
Chest.. 2003 March 123 (3 Suppl):398S-9S. Epub 1900 01 01.
Twenty-first century tobacco use: it is not just a risk factor anymore
S. Khurana, V. Batra, F. Leone.
Respiratory Medicine. 2003; 97(4): 295-301.
Books
Difficult to Treat Asthma: Clinical Essentials (2020)
Authors: Editors Sandhya Khurana and Fernando Holguin
Publisher: Springer Nature 2020
Difficult to treat asthma:clinical essentials (2020)
Chapter: High-Risk Asthma Clinic: Putting It All Together
Authors: Navitha Ramesh & Sandhya Khurana
Publisher: Springer Nature 2020
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Patient Comments
Dr. Khurana is excellent and I highly recommend her.
Jan 20, 2024
Spectacular physician! Wish all my providers were as caring,helpful and smart.
Jan 15, 2024
I was very impressed with Dr. K and I am happy to be able to work with her for my future asthma concerns.
Dec 26, 2023
Dr. Khurana is the best
Nov 01, 2023
Dr Khurana is always professional, courteous to my questions, kind, knowledgeable, and takes the time to explain any questions I have.
Oct 27, 2023
I realize providers are really pressed for time these days- just be careful not to talk over patients
Oct 11, 2023
I had concerns re: new medicine d/t past experience. Dr. Khurana instructed me on what to do if the concerns arose again.
Aug 09, 2023
Not my PCP, but this provider functions as such, fortunately.
Jun 26, 2023
Dr. Khurana is always kind, compassionate perceptive and proactive with my best interests as priority
Jun 24, 2023
The best
Mar 27, 2023
I have known Dr. Khurana for year's professionally. She is a wonderful physician.
Mar 26, 2023
Dr. Khurana is an excellent example of how doctors should treat patients. She is extremely knowledgeable and caring.
Feb 27, 2023
I wish everyone could have such a caring doctor
Dec 22, 2022
Dr Khurana is a wonderful doctor and I'm so happy that she is my pulmonologist.
Nov 16, 2022
Dr. Khurana is amazing and gives me a great sense of comfort that she is handling my condition in the best possible way.
Oct 28, 2022
Positive experience. [...].
Oct 12, 2022
It was the first time I actually felt like a provider CARED when I mentioned my Dad died from covid this year. [...]
Oct 05, 2022
I liked her a lot. Very satisfied.
Sep 22, 2022
Dr. Khurana is always concerned about my health and knows exactly what's required to improve my health.
Sep 12, 2022
Extremely competent and meticulous Doctor! Wish all my physicians were the same
Aug 28, 2022
I highly recommend Dr. Khurana. She really cares for me and always gives me exemplary medical advice. She's the best!
May 28, 2022
Had medicine changes and was told about all of them.
May 19, 2022
Dr. Khurana is kind empathetic and clear
May 18, 2022
As this was my first visit with the doctor I wasn't sure what to expect. She made me feel very comfortable and listened to my history to come up with a new plan.
Apr 17, 2022
Dr Khurana is a wonderful person. She has advised me of options available to control and relieve asthma. Under her care I have flourished and even went back to work part-time, which is helpful in many ways.
Mar 20, 2022
Answers email rapidly, always fully informed about my medical condition, test results etc., and consults colleagues when appropriate.
Feb 18, 2022
I wish you had an "excellent" category, because every aspect of Dr. Khurana's care is superb. "Very good" just doesn't cover it. She is an exceptional listener and communicator, is tops in her field, and makes me feel well-cared for. Thank you!
Feb 13, 2022