Michael A. Daneshvar
Biography
Michael A. Daneshvar, M.D., M.S., is Assistant Professor of Clinical Urology/Urologic Oncology, Division Chief of Urologic Oncology, and Associate Program Director of the Urology Residency at the UC Irvine Department of Urology. He completed a fellowship in urologic oncology at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, where he investigated ultrasound tomography for prostate cancer identification, risk stratification in focal therapy patients, and developed artificial intelligence applications for prostate cancer imaging. Daneshvar received his M.D. with Distinction in Research from Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.
Daneshvar's clinical expertise encompasses kidney cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, penile cancer, upper tract urothelial carcinoma, and adrenal disease. He serves as Co-Fellowship Director for the Robotic Surgery & Minimally Invasive Urologic Oncology Fellowship and directs a two-year urologic oncology fellowship program at UC Irvine. His research focuses on genomic assays in prostate cancer, electromotive drug administration for upper tract urothelial carcinoma, and lymphatic reconstruction in metastatic penile cancer patients. He is principal investigator on a SWOG study assessing miRNA 371 for outcome prediction in germ cell tumors and co-investigator on multiple clinical trials in genitourinary oncology.
Daneshvar has authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters on topics including complications of adrenal surgery, urethral reconstruction, and focal therapy for prostate cancer. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Urology and holds a Certificate in Urologic Oncology from the Society of Urologic Oncology. He was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society and has received recognition for teaching and clinical research, including the Excellence in Teaching Award from the UCI Department of Urology.
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- MD with Distinction in Research, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 2015
- MS in Biomedical Sciences, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 2011
- BA in History, University of California, Los Angeles, 2010
Distinctions
- Board Certified, American Board of Urology, 2024
- Certificate in Urologic Oncology, Society of Urologic Oncology, 2022
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2019
- Best Video, Société Internationale d'Urologie Annual Meeting, 2017
- Best Video Award: Transurethral Ventral Buccal Mucosa Graft Inlay Urethroplasty for Distal Urethral Strictures, Société Internationale d'Urologie Annual Meeting, 2016
- Award-Winning Video: Transurethral Ventral Buccal Mucosa Graft (BMG) inlay Urethroplasty for Distal Urethral Strictures, AUA Annual Meeting, 2016
- Mortar Board National Honor Society, 2008-2010
- Best Poster Award, Western Section AUA, 2023
- Third place award: History Essay Contest WSAUA Single-Port Robotic Urologic Surgery, 2025
- Excellence in Teaching Award (Attending of the Year Award), UCI Department of Urology, 2023
Areas of Expertise
- Urologic Oncology
- Multiparametric MRI Prostate Imaging
- Protein Phosphatase 5 Regulation
- Hereditary Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Lymphaticovenous Bypass Reconstruction
- Genomic Profiling Pheochromocytoma
- Intravesical Drug Delivery Systems
Recent Publications
- Desai D., Sager R.A., Basin M., Jacob J.M., Morris G.J., Spiess P.E., Li R., Cheng L., Necchi A., Kamat A.M., Grivas P., Pavlick D., Goldberg H., Mollapour M., Lin D., Ross J.S., Bratslavsky G., Basnet A., Daneshvar M.A., “Fanconi anemia complementation group C gene (FANCC) association with hereditary and sporadic renal tumors” (opens in new tab), Oncologist, vol. 31, 2026.
- Davis RJ, Park AC, Fehrenbach MP, Sabharwal N, Daneshvar MA, “Association of County-Level Social Vulnerability and the Geospatial Distribution of United States Urologists” (opens in new tab), Urology, vol. 201, pp. 55-61, 2025.
- Davis RJ, Hershenhouse J, Gallagher TJ, Sabharwal N, Daneshvar MA, “A population-level analysis on the association of cannabis use and urologic cancers” (opens in new tab), Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations, vol. 43, pp. S1078-1439(25)00205-4, 2025.
- Sager R.A., Desai D., Basin M., Jacob J.M., Basnet A., Morris G.J., Spiess P.E., Li R., Cheng L., Necchi A., Kamat A.M., Grivas P., Murugesan K., Pavlick D.C., Goldberg H., Mollapour M., Lin D.I., Ross J.S., Bratslavsky G., Daneshvar M.A., “Fanconi anemia complementation group C (” (opens in new tab), Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol. 42, pp. 450-450, 2024.
- Sterling J, Daneshvar M, Nikolavskly D, “Transurethral Ventral Inlay Buccal Mucosa Graft Urethroplasty: Technique and intermediate outcomes” (opens in new tab), BJU International, vol. 132, no. 1, pp. 109-111, 2023.
- Mendhiratta N., Noun J., Daneshvar M., Srinivasan R., “Systemic therapies for advanced non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma” (opens in new tab), Integrating Multidisciplinary Treatment for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma, pp. 359-375, 2023.
- Dispagna MA, Daneshvar M, Bratslavsky G, “Surgical Insights for the Management of Variant Histology in Renal Cell Carcinoma” (opens in new tab), International Braz J Urol, vol. 47, pp. 935-942, 2021.
- Bloom JB, Daneshvar M, Lebastchi AH, Ahdoot M, Gold SA, Hale G, Mehralivand S, Sanford T, Valera V, Wood BJ, Choyke PL, Merino MJ, Turkbey B, Parnes HL, Pinto PA, “Risk of adverse pathology at prostatectomy in the era of MRI and targeted biopsies; rethinking active surveillance for intermediate risk prostate cancer patients” (opens in new tab), Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations, vol. 39, pp. S1078-1439(21)00080-6, 2021.
- Williams C, Daneshvar M, Pinto P, “Emerging role of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging in identifying clinically relevant localized prostate cancer” (opens in new tab), Current Opinion in Oncology, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 244-251, 2021.
- Webster BR, Rompre-Brodeur A, Daneshvar M, Pahwa R, Srinivasan R, “Kidney cancer: from genes to therapy” (opens in new tab), Current Problems in Cancer, vol. 45, pp. 100773, 2021.
- Bhambhvani HP, Daneshvar MA, Peterson DJ, Ball MW, “Partial versus total adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma: a population-based comparison of outcomes” (opens in new tab), International Urology and Nephrology, vol. 53, no. 12, pp. 2485-2492, 2021.
- Daneshvar M, Cumpanas A, Gorgen A, “The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations, Volume 5: Urinary System”, vol. 5, pp. Plates 9.11-9.13, 10.19-10.23, 10.40-10.41, 2021.
Most Cited Publications
- Nikolavsky D, Abouelleil M, Daneshvar M, “Transurethral ventral buccal mucosa graft inlay urethroplasty for reconstruction of fossa navicularis and distal urethral strictures: surgical technique and preliminary results” (opens in new tab), International Urology and Nephrology, vol. 48, no. 11, pp. 1823-1829, 2016.
- Daneshvar M, Blakely S, Angulo J, Simhan J, Lucas J, Hunter C, Chee J, Lopez-Alvarado D, Perez E, Madala A, de Benito J, Martins F, Felício J, Rusilko P, Flynn B, Nikolavsky D, “Transurethral Ventral Buccal Mucosa Graft Inlay for Treatment of Distal Urethral Strictures: International Multi-institutional Experience” (opens in new tab), World Journal of Urology, vol. 38, pp. 2601-2607, 2019.
- Kancherla P, Daneshvar M, Sager RA, Mollapour M, Bratslavsky G, “Fumarate hydratase as a therapeutic target in renal cancer” (opens in new tab), Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 923-936, 2020.
- Daneshvar M, Hughes M, Nikolavsky D, “Surgical Management of Fossa Navicularis and Distal Urethral Strictures” (opens in new tab), Current Urology Reports, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 43, 2018.
- Bratslavsky G, Woodford MR, Daneshvar M, Mollapour M, “Sixth BHD Symposium and First International Upstate Kidney Cancer Symposium: latest scientific and clinical discoveries” (opens in new tab), Oncotarget, vol. 7, no. 13, pp. 15292-8, 2016.
- Daneshvar M, Pinkhasov A, Nikolavsky D, “Surgical Management of Fossa Navicularis and Distal Urethral Strictures” (opens in new tab), Textbook of Male Genitourethral Reconstruction, pp. 93-102, 2019.
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Last updated on 3/11/2026.