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Clinics & Locations
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Explore our network of care for kids, from the tiniest to teens and young adults.
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Extraordinary kid care

Our specialists handle conditions ranging from the common to the most rare.
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Why Choose Us?
Why Choose Us?
Best in Northern CA

We're ranked #1 in pediatric cancer, heart surgery, cardiology & more.

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Kristin A. Shimano

MD

Pediatric hematologist-oncologist
Bone marrow transplant specialist

About me

Telehealth (video visits)

Education

Harvard School of Medicine, 2003
Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, 2007
Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center, 2010
Academic Title

Professor

Where I see patients (5)

Selected research

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Younger Children with Non-Malignant Disease Have Increased Incidence of Mixed Myeloid Chimerism After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation with Busulfan-Based Conditioning.
Transplantation and cellular therapy
February 2025
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International Consensus in Aiming to Define "Refractory ITP".
Blood advances
January 2025
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Genetic variants in canonical Wnt signaling pathway associated with pediatric immune thrombocytopenia.
Blood advances
November 2024
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Wander outside into our Butterfly Garden in Oakland and our healing gardens at Mission Bay.