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Lax Bhandari MD, MBBS, MS, MCh, FACS

Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, and Director of Limb Reconstruction, Department of Plastic Surgery

Areas of Expertise

  • Fractures
  • Hand Surgery
  • Orthopaedics
  • Pediatric Plastic Surgery
  • Peripheral Nerve
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Reconstructive Microsurgery
  • Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

Locations

Vanderbilt Surgical Specialties Shelbyville
2839 Highway 231 North, Suite 208
Shelbyville, TN 37160

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Kannada
  • Malayalam

Education

  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, 2025
  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
  • Doctor of Medicine
  • Master of Chirurgiae
  • Masters of Science

Patient Comments

Patient Comments are gathered from the Press Ganey Patient Experience Survey and displayed in full. Patients are not identified in order to respect patient privacy.
The doctor was very polite, thorough, and left no doubt in my mind that I would receive the best treatment possible. He gave me his full attention and made me feel very well taken care of.
April 17, 2026
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Best visit in 3 years attending Vanderbilt clinics , doctors and surgerys
April 16, 2026
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I really liked Dr Bhandari. He was pleasant, answered all my questions, was informative and had a nice bed side manner
April 13, 2026
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Will recommend the doctor and the clinic.
March 19, 2026
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Dr. Bhandari is tops, and he works well with his nurses.
March 18, 2026
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Quick and efficient, but good
March 18, 2026
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Care provider was excellent but was not equipped to provide what was needed for putting a cast on.
February 24, 2026
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Rushed No follow up and just more frustration
January 20, 2026
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Good
November 1, 2025
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