Raj Chand Takes Helm at Inova Loudoun Hospital Amidst Growth and Competition
Inova Health System has named Raj Chand, MD, president of Inova Loudoun Hospital, making his interim leadership permanent. The appointment was effective after he began serving as interim president on August 3, 2026, according to a health system announcement.
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Chand is a long-tenured leader within the Inova system, having joined in 2006 as a practicing emergency medicine physician at Inova Fairfax Hospital. His career includes a mix of clinical and administrative roles. Most recently, he was president of Inova Fair Oaks Hospital, a role he assumed in 2021 after serving as its chief medical officer starting in 2020. In 2024, Chand also served as interim president of Inova's Medicine Service Line. He was previously the president of Virginia Emergency Medicine Associates and serves on the board of Northern Virginia Community College, focusing on healthcare workforce development, according to his Inova biography and press statements.
- EBITDA
Source: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS). Data as of Nov 3, 2026.
The numbers behind the chart
| Year | EBITDA |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $81.82M FY2019 |
| 2020 | $54.76M FY2020 |
| 2021 | $83.4M FY2021 |
| 2022 | $164.53M FY2022 |
| 2023 | $214.97M FY2023 |
He earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and completed his emergency medicine residency at The George Washington University.
Chand takes leadership of a hospital that has undergone significant expansion. Inova Loudoun is in the midst of a $300 million master plan that included the April 2020 opening of a new seven-story, 385,000-square-foot North Patient Tower, according to reports from DPR Construction and engineering firm Setty. The expansion added private patient rooms, a new main entrance, a 766-vehicle parking garage, and enhanced services, including a Level III Trauma Center, an expanded Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, and a new obstetrics unit with an expanded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Inova Loudoun operates in what Inova describes as a competitive Northern Virginia healthcare market. Inova is the largest nonprofit hospital system in the region and has historically worked to maintain its market position, according to media reports. The area includes multiple high-performing facilities. In the spring 2024 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, Inova Loudoun was one of ten Northern Virginia hospitals to receive an "A" grade, according to VHC Health.
Why it matters: Inova Loudoun Hospital is a 153-bed acute care facility in Leesburg, Virginia. According to CMS data, the hospital holds a five-star overall rating for 2025 and reported a net operating profit margin of 32.5% on net patient revenue of $530.7 million in its fiscal year 2023 cost report. The hospital uses Epic as its electronic health record, according to CMS Promoting Interoperability data. It is part of Inova Health System, a Fairfax-based system with 1,852 staffed beds. The system was ranked #3 in the nation among large health systems by Modern Healthcare and named the 2025 Health System of the Year by Press Ganey, according to a system press release. The parent system is led by President and CEO J. Stephen Jones.