University of California San Francisco

Biography

Dr. Rita Mukhtar specializes in breast surgery and general surgery for urgent conditions. For her patients with breast cancer, she offers expertise in total skin-sparing mastectomies, breast conservation, wire localization surgery (used to show the location of tissue requiring biopsy) and sentinel lymph node biopsy (used to see if cancer has spread).

Dr. Mukhtar's research program focuses on invasive lobular carcinoma, the second most common type of breast cancer. This work is funded by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute. She teaches medical students and residents, and serves as an Associate Program Director for the UCSF General Surgery Residency.

Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
University of California Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training 2018
University of California, San Francisco M.D. Medicine 2006

Board Certifications

American Board of Surgery, General Surgery

Clinical Expertise

Breast Surgery

Lumpectomy

Seed and wire localization surgery

Nipple sparing/total skin sparing mastectomy

Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Axillary dissection

Emergency General Surgery

Clinical Trials

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Program Affiliations

Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 169
  1. Current Landscape of Breast Cancer Imaging and Potential Quantitative Imaging Markers of Response in ER-Positive Breast Cancers Treated with Neoadjuvant Therapy.
    Jones EF, Hathi DK, Freimanis R, Mukhtar RA, Chien AJ, Esserman LJ, Van't Veer LJ, Joe BN, Hylton NM| | PubMed
  2. 4314 The Impact of Axillary Surgery on Recurrence-Free Survival in Invasive Lobular Carcinoma (ILC) of the Breast.
    Mary Kathryn Reed Abel, Jasmine Wong, Michael Alvarado, Cheryl Ewing, Laura J. Esserman, Catherine Park, Rita A. Mukhtar| | UCSF Research Profile
  3. Accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsy in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast.
    Ruby Guo, Case E. Brabham, Kelly Fahrner-Scott, Mary Kathryn Abel, Jasmine Wong, Michael Alvarado, Laura Esserman, Cheryl Ann Ewing, Rita A. Mukhtar| | UCSF Research Profile
  4. Mitotic score and pleomorphic histology in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast: impact on disease-free survival.
    Mukhtar RA, Krings G, Chen YY, Mamounas ME, Fahrner-Scott K, Wong J, Alvarado M, Ewing C, Esserman LJ, Rugo H| | PubMed
  5. Abstract OT3-09-01: Use of Oncotype DX DCIS for disease management in a prospective DCIS registry.
    Jane M Wei, Paul Kim, Cheryl Ewing, Jasmine Wong, Laura J Esserman, Michael D Alvarado, Abimbola O Olusanya, Skye Stewart, Ashley Tydon, Parima Daroui, Jeffrey V Kuo, Hannah L Park, Karen T Lane, Eliza Jeong, Kelsey Brown, Ava Hosseini, Barbara A Parker, Sarah L Blair, Athena Breast Health Network Investigators, Frederick Baehner, Olivier Harismendy, Antonia Petruse, Carlie K Thompson, Helena R Chang, Alexander D Borowsky, Christina Yau, Gillian L Hirst, Richard J Bold, Rita A Mukhtar| | UCSF Research Profile
  6. Abstract P3-08-16: The impact of residual ductal carcinoma in situ on breast cancer recurrence in the neoadjuvant I-SPY2 TRIAL.
    Marie Osdoit, Christina Yau, W. Fraser Symmans, Judy C. Boughey, Smita M. Asare, Ron Balassanian, Jodi M. Carter, Yunn-Yi Chen, Kimberly Cole, Laila Khazai, Molly Klein, Dina Kokh, Gregor Krings, Sunati Sahoo, Gretchen Ahrendt, Akiko Chiba, Cheryl Ewing, Constantine Godellas, Nora Jaskowiak, Brigid Killelea, Helen Krontiras, Rachael Lancaster, Julie Lang, M. Catherine Lee, Arpana Naik, Roshni Rao, Julia Tchou, Shannon Tierney, Eleni Tousimis, Tod Tuttle, Anne Wallace, Bev Parker, Laura J. Esserman, Rita A. Mukhtar| | UCSF Research Profile
  7. Abstract P4-13-01: Trends in primary management of invasive lobular carcinoma: An analysis of the National Cancer Database (NCDB).
    Rita A Mukhtar, Tanya L. Hoskin, Elizabeth B. Habermann, Judy C. Boughey| | UCSF Research Profile
  8. Abstract P5-08-05: Risk of subsequent events after initial diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ - A large multi-center registry study.
    Thomas O'Keefe, Christina Yau, Eliza Jeong, Emma Iaconetti, Paul Kim, Ann Griffin, Joseph McGuire, Rita Mukhtar, Laura Esserman, Olivier Harismendy, Gillian L. Hirst| | UCSF Research Profile
  9. Abstract P6-16-06: Improved early stratification of invasive cancer risk using MRI in a ductal carcinoma in-situ short-term active surveillance cohort treated with neoadjuvant endocrine therapy.
    Paul Kim, Heather I. Greenwood, Rita I. Freimanis, Gillian L Hirst, Megan Fischer-Colbrie, Jessica Gibbs, Nola M Hylton, Christina Yau, Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang, Laura J. Esserman, Rita A Mukhtar| | UCSF Research Profile
  10. Abstract PD9-08: Accuracy of ultrasound in evaluating response to neoadjuvant therapy in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast.
    Kelly Fahrner-Scott, Jasmine M Wong, Merisa Piper, Cheryl Ewing, Michael Alvarado, Laura J Esserman, Nola Hylton, Rita A Mukhtar| | UCSF Research Profile