Dr. Sia Daneshmand

Dr. Sia Daneshmand is currently Professor of Urology and Medicine (Oncology) with Clinical Scholar designation and serves as director of urologic oncology, as well as the urologic oncology (SUO) fellowship director at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles.

His main clinical interests include bladder cancer, testicular cancer, and advanced kidney cancer. He is a leading authority in the management of complex germ cell tumors and nerve-sparing retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) following chemotherapy for advanced testicular cancer and is one of the highest volume surgeons for this disease in the US. His main research interests focus on the use of pathways to improve peri-operative outcomes following radical cystectomy and post-chemo RPLND, use of serum and molecular markers and new technologies in diagnosis and management of bladder and testicular cancers, as well as functional outcomes following orthotopic urinary diversion.

He serves on the AUA Guidelines panel for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, as well as the AUA Guidelines panel for Testicular cancer. He currently serves as the chair of bladder section of the SUO Clinical Trials Consortium (SUO-CTC), is on the scientific steering committee of several bladder cancer clinical trials and has led over a dozen clinical trials in bladder cancer and a pivotal investigator initiated multi-institutional trial in testicular cancer (SEMS). He is current secretary of the Western Section of the AUA. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society and has been designated one of the “America’s Top Cancer Doctors” for the past 13 consecutive years. He has been a career leader in academic investigations in bladder cancer and germ cell tumors and was recently appointed as the chair of the SWOG local bladder committee.

He has been a visiting professor at more than 25 institutions around the world. He has presented over 500 abstracts at scientific meetings and has authored or co-authored over 400 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, and book chapters.