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 the University of Vermont College of Medicine.  He then completed two years of a general surgery residency and four years of a urology residency at the University of California, Davis.  Dr. DiSandro is a fellowship trained pediatric urologist, having trained for two years at the University of California, San Francisco under Dr. Barry Kogan and Dr. Laurence Baskin.  Before returning to join the faculty in the Department of Urology at UCSF, Dr. DiSandro was faculty at the University of Minnesota Medical School an the University of Miami School of Medicine, as well as an attending Pediatric Urologist at the Miami Children’s Hospital.

Between 2007 and 2013, Dr. DiSandro was an Associate Professor in the Department of Urology at UCSF practicing pediatric urology exclusively.  He became a Professor in the Department of Urology at UCSF on July 1st 2013.  In 2012, Dr. DiSandro was appointed Chief of Pediatric Urology at the Children’s Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, CA.  Dr. DiSandro is site Principle Investigator for two clinical research studies funded by the National Institutes of Health, both relating to disorders of sex development.  Dr. DiSandro’s main clinical interests are in genital reconstructive surgery, nephrolithiasis, and disorders of sex development.  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. Dr. DiSandro is a Diplomat of the American Board of Urology with a Certificate in Pediatric Urology, and is an active member of the American Urological Association, the Society of Pediatric Urology, and the Society of Fetal Urology.