Rachel Hastings, PA-C, Author at Grand Rounds in Urology

Rachel Hastings, PA-C

NYU Langone Health

New York, New York

Rachel Hastings, PA-C, is a Physician Assistant in the Urologic Oncology Division at NYU Langone Health in New York, New York. Hastings specializes in prostate cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Her clinical practice is focused in both the operating room and in the outpatient clinic, where she manages patients with oncologic malignancies. Hastings has extensive experience in robotic surgery, having participated in over 5,000 procedures.

Hastings earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology at Indiana University in Bloomington. She earned her Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Brunswick. She is a member of the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates.

Talks by Rachel Hastings, PA-C

Preparing Your Patient for Prostatectomy

Rachel Hastings, PA-C and Diane K. Newman, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAUNA, BCB-PMD | Nov 2025

Rachel Hastings, PA-C, Urologic Oncology, New York University Langone Health, New York, New York, outlines pelvic floor training, pain management, catheter care, and recovery guidance. Expectations are framed using the trifecta of cancer control, continence, and erections.

Biomarkers for Prostate Cancer

Rachel Hastings, PA-C and Diane K. Newman, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAUNA, BCB-PMD | Oct 2025

Prostate cancer biomarkers refine decision-making across screening, biopsy, surveillance, staging, and advanced disease. This presentation covers PHI, 4KscoreⓇ, SelectMDx, ExoDx™ Prostate, Confirm mdx, PCA3, MiPS, and genomic assays, including ProlarisⓇ, Oncotype DX Prostate ScoreⓇ, DecipherⓇ, and ArteraAI, with discussion of PSMA PET and advanced disease markers such as AR-V7 and BRCA alterations.