Dr. Caroline Hastings is a Professor of Pediatrics and is specialty boarded in Pediatric Hematology Oncology. She has been at Children's Hospital Oakland and now UCSF since completion of her training in 1992. Her longevity in the group has allowed for personal and professional growth and development of long-term relationships with her patients. She is currently focused in the NeuroOncology program as well as leading clinical trials and serving as an international consultant for rare lysosomal diseases including Neimann-Pick Type C, Gangliosidoses and Acid Sphingomyelinase deficiency. She also has several roles related to graduate medical education including serving as the Fellowship Director in Pediatric Hematology Oncology at Children's Hospital Oakland since 1996, as well as serving as the chair for the Graduate Medical Education committee in which she works with the program directors in ensuring regulatory compliance and quality training.
Dr. Hastings serves as the President of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology and in this role is very active in addressing workforce issues for faculty and trainees, advocacy, and issues related to the practice of the specialty and continuing education.