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

Program Affiliations

Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 169
  1. Abstract P3-03-07: Single-institution retrospective analysis of lymph node (LN) change on breast MRI in patients with high risk early-stage breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy with and without immunotherapy on the ISPY-2 TRIAL.
    Anika Christofferson, Elissa Price, Rita A Mukhtar, Amrita Basu, Laura Esserman, A Jo Chien| | UCSF Research Profile
  2. The incidence of discordant clinical and genomic risk in patients with invasive lobular or ductal carcinoma of the breast: a National Cancer Database Study.
    Abel MK, Shui AM, Melisko M, Chien AJ, Yoshida EJ, Lancaster EM, Van 't Veer L, Esserman LJ, Mukhtar RA| | PubMed
  3. O13 BIOLOGIC VERSUS SYNTHETIC MESH IN VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR: PARTICIPANT-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF TWO RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AT ONE YEAR.
    Naila Dhanani, Oscar Olavarria, Kyung Hyun Lee, Charlotte Young, Frank Primus, Rita Mukhtar, Julie Holihan, Mike Liang, Hobart Harris| | UCSF Research Profile
  4. Obesity and menopausal status impact the features and molecular phenotype of invasive lobular breast cancer.
    Rothschild HT, Abel MK, Patterson A, Goodman K, Shui A, van Baelen K, Desmedt C, Benz C, Mukhtar RA| | PubMed
  5. Decreased enrollment in breast cancer trials by histologic subtype: does invasive lobular carcinoma resist RECIST?
    Abel MK, Melisko ME, Rugo HS, Chien AJ, Diaz I, Levine JK, Griffin A, McGuire J, Esserman LJ, Borno HT, Mukhtar RA| | PubMed
  6. Ganitumab and metformin plus standard neoadjuvant therapy in stage 2/3 breast cancer.
    Yee D, Isaacs C, Wolf DM, Yau C, Haluska P, Giridhar KV, Forero-Torres A, Jo Chien A, Wallace AM, Pusztai L, Albain KS, Ellis ED, Beckwith H, Haley BB, Elias AD, Boughey JC, Kemmer K, Yung RL, Pohlmann PR, Tripathy D, Clark AS, Han HS, Nanda R, Khan QJ, Edmiston KK, Petricoin EF, Stringer-Reasor E, Falkson CI, Majure M, Mukhtar RA, Helsten TL, Moulder SL, Robinson PA, Wulfkuhle JD, Brown-Swigart L, Buxton M, Clennell JL, Paoloni M, Sanil A, Berry S, Asare SM, Wilson A, Hirst GL, Singhrao R, Asare AL, Matthews JB, Hylton NM, DeMichele A, Melisko M, Perlmutter J, Rugo HS, Fraser Symmans W, Van't Veer LJ, Berry DA, Esserman LJ| | PubMed
  7. Trigger point injection for post-mastectomy pain: a simple intervention with high rate of long-term relief.
    Khoury AL, Keane H, Varghese F, Hosseini A, Mukhtar R, Eder SE, Weinstein PR, Esserman LJ| | PubMed
  8. Correction to: Applications of 3D printing in breast cancer management.
    Galstyan A, Bunker MJ, Lobo F, Sims R, Inziello J, Stubbs J, Mukhtar R, Kelil T| | PubMed
  9. Positive margins after mastectomy in patients with invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast: Incidence and management strategies.
    Hewitt KC, Miller P, Piper M, Prionas N, Son JD, Alvarado M, Esserman LJ, Wong JM, Ewing C, Mukhtar RA| | PubMed
  10. Decreased enrollment of patients with advanced lobular breast cancer compared to ductal breast cancer in interventional clinical trials.
    Mary Kathryn Abel, Michelle E. Melisko, Hope S. Rugo, Amy Jo Chien, Italia Diaz, Julia K. Levine, Ann Griffin, Joseph McGuire, Laura Esserman, Hala Borno, Rita A. Mukhtar| | UCSF Research Profile