Gila C. Dorostkar, DDS
Diplomate of the Board of PediatricDentistry

Dr. Gila C. Dorostkar received her dental degree from the USC School of Dentistry and earned her specialty certificate in pediatric dentistry from the Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her hospital-based training emphasized clinical experience in the areas of pediatric dental trauma, oral conscious sedation, and taking care of children using general anesthesia. She is Board certified and in private practice in Marin County, California. Her practice specializes in comprehensive pediatric dental care with an emphasis on prevention for optimal oral health for infants, children, and adolescents.

Dr. Dorostkar currently serves as a Trustee on the Board of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and is the Immediate Past President of the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry. In her local community, she also serves as a member of the College of Marin Dental Assistant Advisory Committee and on the Marin County Oral Health Advisory Committee.

Dr. April Zaat is a pediatric hospitalist at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, where she serves as the Associate Director of Hospital Medicine and Medical Director of the general pediatrics inpatient unit. Dr. Zaat earned her bachelor’s degree at UC Berkeley and her medical degree at UCSF before completing her pediatrics training and chief residency at Children’s Hospital Oakland. She joined the Pediatric Hospital Medicine group in 2014. She has leadership roles in education, serving as the Director of Undergraduate Medical Education and Associate Director of the Pediatrics Residency Program. She was inducted into the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators in fall of 2022.  

In the last several years, Dr. Zaat has taken on quality improvement initiatives to bring new evidence into practice to decrease admissions and length of stay for patients. In particular, two of these initiatives target the youngest acute care patients: febrile infants and infants with jaundice.