I primarily provide clinical care on both the Oakland and San Ramon campuses for both diabetes and endocrine care. My clinical research is focused on type 1 and type 2 diabetes., though I'm also part of the Northern California Comprehensive Thalassemia Center allowing me to investigate endocrinopathies in this cohort as well. Our UCSF site serves as one of the few centers of excellence for this condition in North America. Since diabetes camps have served as the reason for me pursue pediatric endocrinology, I have been part of the medical staff at summer diabetes camps since 2000.
Dr. Fung has advanced training in nutrition and a long-standing curiosity on the impact of nutrition and physical activity on bone health in children and young adults with chronic disease. She has a passion for hemoglobin disorders including thalassemia and sickle cell disease and has been conducting much of her research within these populations for the last 2 decades. Dr. Fung is the Director of the Bone Density Clinic at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and enjoys educating clinicians on the importance of achieving optimal bone health in childhood and adolescence.
Dr. Paul Harmatz is a gastroenterologist who specializes in mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) and other lysosomal storage diseases (genetic disorders in which a lack of certain enzymes results in progressive damage to cells and organ systems). He leads a team of specialists who diagnose and care for patients with these rare diseases, offering therapies such as weekly enzyme infusion.
Ashutosh Lal, MD, is a hematologist at University of California San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF School of Medicine, Director of Clinical Hematology, Comprehensive Thalassemia Center and Iron Disorders Program, and the Hemoglobinopathy Diagnostics Laboratory. His academic and clinical interests are the treatment and research in thalassemia, iron overload, and nutrition. The Comprehensive Thalassemia Program in Oakland is the largest clinical program in the country actively managing 350 active patients with thalassemia. Dr.
I am a pediatric hematologist with a special interest in caring for individuals with inherited blood disorders, specifically sickle cell disease and thalassemia, throughout the lifespan. Before my fellowship training in pediatric hematology/oncology, I completed a residency in combined internal medicine and pediatrics with the goal of providing specialty care for individuals with lifelong medical conditions. My overarching goal is to ensure patients who live with chronic conditions are able to thrive as healthy, functional children, adolescents and adults.
