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Michael DiSandro, MD

Biographical Sketch

BA, 1985, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, Chemistry

MD, 1989, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, Medicine

Residency, 1995, University of California, Davis, CA, Urology

Fellowship, 1998, Univeristy of California, San Francisco, CA, Pediatric Urology

 

 

1989-1990

Intern, General Surgery, University of California, Davis, CA

1990-1995

Residency, Department of Urology, University of California, Davis, CA

1995-1998

Fellow in Pediatric Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA

1998-2001

Assistant Professor, Urology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

1999-2001

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

1999-2001

Chief, Pediatric Urology, Department of Urology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

2001-2007

Attending Physcian, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL

2001-2007

Assistant Professor, Urology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL

2007-Present

Associate Professor, Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA

 

Michael DiSandro, MD graduated from Colgate University with a Bachelors of Arts in Chemistry, where he received the Stanton Award for being the top pre-medical student. He attended medical school at University of Vermont College of Medicine. He then completed two years of general surgery training and a urology residency at the University of California, Davis followed by a fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco in pediatric urology under Laurence Baskin, MD, and Barry Kogan, MD. Before returning to join the faculty in the Department of Urology at UCSF, DiSandro was faculty at the University of Minnesota Medical School and the University of Miami School of Medicine, as well as an attending Pediatric Urologist at the Miami Children's Hospital.

DiSandro was an American Foundation of Urologic Diseases (AFUD) research scholar and a recipient of a National Institutes of Heath Research Service Grant. He has published numerous journal articles and has won several awards at national meetings, including the James L. Goebel Prize for top research presentation at the Western Section of the American Urological Association meeting. DiSandro’s current research interests include vesicoureteral reflux, probiotics for urinary tract infection prophylaxis, minimally invasive pediatric urologic surgery, hypospadias and reconstructive urology, and the role of environmental factors in causing hypospadias and other genital anomalies.

DiSandro is a member of the American Urological Association, the American Medical Association, the Society for Fetal Urology and is a Diplomat of the American Board of Urology.