Andras Sandor, M.D., F.A.C.S.  was born in Budapest, Hungary and he obtained his medical diploma at the Semmelweis University of Budapest in 1992.

Prior to his formal surgical training, Dr. Sandor spent 3 years as a postdoctoral associate at the Department of Surgery at Yale University studying the pathobiology of carcinoid tumors. Following this, he joined the then newly established UMASS EndoSurgery Center in 1997 and completed a 2 year research fellowship in advanced laparoscopic surgery. He served as Teaching Faculty in the Learning Center of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) in 1998 and 1999.

Following his general surgical residency, Dr. Sandor served as Chief Resident in Surgery at the University of Massachusetts Medical School between 2003 and 2004. Dr. Sandor is a Board Certified General Surgeon and he also completed a clinical fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery at the University of Massachusetts Medical School under the guidance of Demetrius E.M. Litwin, M.D and John J. Kelly, M.D.

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

In addition to laparoscopic Roux-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, his current areas of interest is focused primarily on advanced laparoscopic procedures.
These include laparoscopic splenectomy, adrenalectomy, laparoscopic antireflux procedures, laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair, laparoscopic ventral and inguinal hernia repair, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic common bile duct exploration, laparoscopic feeding tube placement and laparoscopic small and large bowel surgery.