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. Clinically meaningful tumor reduction rates vary by prechemotherapy MRI phenotype and tumor subtype in the I-SPY 1 TRIAL (CALGB 150007/150012; ACRIN 6657).
    Mukhtar RA, Yau C, Rosen M, Tandon VJ, I-SPY 1 TRIAL and ACRIN 6657 Investigators, Hylton N, Esserman LJ| | PubMed
  2. Lobular histology and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in invasive breast cancer.
    Lips EH, Mukhtar RA, Yau C, de Ronde JJ, Livasy C, Carey LA, Loo CE, Vrancken-Peeters MJ, Sonke GS, Berry DA, Van't Veer LJ, Esserman LJ, Wesseling J, Rodenhuis S, Shelley Hwang E, I-SPY TRIAL Investigators| | PubMed
  3. Biology of breast cancer in Nigerian women: a pilot study.
    Adisa CA, Eleweke N, Alfred AA, Campbell MJ, Sharma R, Nseyo O, Tandon V, Mukhtar R, Greninger A, Risi JD, Esserman LJ| | PubMed
  4. Elevated levels of proliferating and recently migrated tumor-associated macrophages confer increased aggressiveness and worse outcomes in breast cancer.
    Mukhtar RA, Moore AP, Tandon VJ, Nseyo O, Twomey P, Adisa CA, Eleweke N, Au A, Baehner FL, Moore DH, McGrath MS, Olopade OI, Gray JW, Campbell MJ, Esserman LJ| | PubMed
  5. P1-06-10: Lobular Breast Cancer and NAC: Combined Results from the NKI and I-SPY 1 Trial.
    RA Mukhtar, E Lips, J Wesseling, C Livasy, C Yau, D Berry, L van't Veer, LA Carey, LJ Esserman, S Rodenhuis, ES Hwang| | UCSF Research Profile
  6. P4-09-19: PCNA+ Tumor Associated Macrophages Are Associated with M1 and M2 Gene Expression, and Confer Poor Prognosis in the Absence of Anti-Tumor Immune Environment.
    R Mukhtar, D Wolf, V Tandon, J Zhu, M Lenburg, Veer L van't, MJ Campbell| | UCSF Research Profile
  7. PD02-05: MRI Phenotype and Tumor Subtype Affect Breast Conservation Eligibility and MRI Accuracy in the I-SPY 1 Trial.
    RA Mukhtar, N Hylton, M Rosen| | UCSF Research Profile
  8. Elevated PCNA+ tumor-associated macrophages in breast cancer are associated with early recurrence and non-Caucasian ethnicity.
    Mukhtar RA, Moore AP, Nseyo O, Baehner FL, Au A, Moore DH, Twomey P, Campbell MJ, Esserman LJ| | PubMed
  9. Identification of pathogenic macrophages in breast cancer as markers of tumor aggressiveness.
    R. Mukhtar, A. P. Moore, V. Tandon, O. Nseyo, A. Au, F. L. Baehner, C. A. Adisa, N. Eleweke, O. I. Olopade, D. H. Moore, M. Campbell, L. Esserman| | UCSF Research Profile
  10. Benign Thoracic Disease in the Elderly.
    Rita A. Mukhtar, Pierre R. Theodore| | UCSF Research Profile