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Dr. Farshid Dayyani is a board-certified UCI Health medical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of cancers of the gastrointestinal tract.

Farshid Dayyani, MD, PhD

Specialties

Medical Oncology, Internal Medicine

Clinical Interests

gastrointestinal cancers, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, anal carcinomas, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, esophageal cancer

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Medical School
Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichMD
Internship
Beth Israel Deaconess and Harvard Medical SchoolInternal Medicine
Residency
Beth Israel Deaconess and Harvard Medical SchoolInternal Medicine
Fellowship
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterMedical Oncology
Grad School
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich — PhD, Immunology
Professional Positions
  • Professor — Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, UCI School of Medicine
  • Medical Director — Stern Center for Cancer Clinical Trials & Research, UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Member — American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
  • Member — Medical Oncology Association of Southern California (MOASC)
Awards and Recognition
  • Physicians of Excellence, Orange County Medical Association — 2022-2023
  • ASCO Cancer Foundation Merit Award, Genitourinary Cancers Symposium
  • American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting Travel Award
  • Clifton D. Howe Award for Clinical Excellence, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Achievement in Basic Science Fellowship Award 2011, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award — 2011
  • ASCO Young Investigator Award — 2010
  • Trainee Excellence Award, MD Anderson Cancer Center

More Information

Dr. Farshid Dayyani is a board-certified UCI Health medical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary malignancies. His clinical interests include colorectal, esophageal, liver, pancreatic and stomach cancers, as well as anal carcinoma.

Dayyani earned his medical degree at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany, where he also received a PhD in immunology. Next, he completed a research fellowship in cancer biology at Harvard University in Boston, Mass, followed by a residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. He also completed a fellowship in medical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

His research focus is on gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary malignancies. His goal is to bring leading-edge treatments to patients with gastrointestinal cancers through innovative clinical trials and translational research. He is the author or co-author of more than 40 research papers published in leading medical journals.

Dayyani — who also speaks German and Farsi — sees patients at the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and UCI Health Cancer Center — Newport.


UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
101 The City Drive South, Building 23
Orange, CA 92868
Phone: 714-456-8000
Fax: 855-211-3729
UCI Health — Costa Mesa
1640 Newport Blvd.
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Phone: 949-999-2400
Fax: 844-965-9446