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. Pragmatic Trials and Approaches to Transforming Care.
    Peter G. Stock, Rita Mukhtar, Hila Ghersin, Allison Stover Fiscalini, Laura Esserman| | UCSF Research Profile
  2. Abdominal Imaging of Pancreatic Cysts and Cyst-Associated Pancreatic Cancer in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.
    Cao CX, Sharib JM, Blanco AM, Goldberg D, Bracci P, Mukhtar RA, Esserman LJ, Kirkwood KS| | PubMed
  3. Success rates of re-excision after positive margins for invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast.
    Piper ML, Wong J, Fahrner-Scott K, Ewing C, Alvarado M, Esserman LJ, Mukhtar RA| | PubMed
  4. Editorial: Applying Margin Consensus Guidelines to Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast.
    Mukhtar RA| | PubMed
  5. Feasibility of Magnetic Seeds for Preoperative Localization of Axillary Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer Treatment.
    Greenwood HI, Wong JM, Mukhtar RA, Alvarado MD, Price ER| | PubMed
  6. Initial experience of dedicated breast PET imaging of ER+ breast cancers using [F-18]fluoroestradiol.
    Jones EF, Ray KM, Li W, Chien AJ, Mukhtar RA, Esserman LJ, Franc BL, Seo Y, Pampaloni MH, Joe BN, Hylton NM| | PubMed
  7. Synchronous Breast Implant-associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma and Invasive Carcinoma: Genomic Profiling and Management Implications.
    Mukhtar RA, Holland M, Sieber DA, Wen KW, Rugo HS, Kadin ME, Bean GR| | PubMed
  8. Abstract 118: The Impact of Post-Operative Prophylactic Antibiotics in Immediate 2-Stage Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction.
    Michael Holland, Rachel Lentz, Clara Gomez-Sanchez, Jami Rothman, Jasmine Wong, Rita Mukhtar, Hani Sbitany| | UCSF Research Profile
  9. Changes in mammographic density following bariatric surgery.
    Hosseini A, Khoury AL, Varghese F, Carter J, Wong JM, Mukhtar RA| | PubMed
  10. Abstract P1-15-15: Accuracy of MRI after neoadjuvant therapy for invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast.
    KE Fahrner-Scott, JM Wong, M Piper, C Ewing, M Alvarado, LJ Esserman, N Hylton, RA Mukhtar| | UCSF Research Profile