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. Mechanosensitive hormone signaling promotes mammary progenitor expansion and breast cancer risk.
    Northey JJ, Hayward MK, Yui Y, Stashko C, Kai F, Mouw JK, Thakar D, Lakins JN, Ironside AJ, Samson S, Mukhtar RA, Hwang ES, Weaver VM| | PubMed
  2. ASO Visual Abstract: Nipple-Sparing Mastectomies in Patients over the Age of 60 Years: Factors Associated with Surgical Outcomes.
    Parmeshwar N, Dugan CL, Barnes LL, Cheng JK, Patterson AK, Miller A, Mukhtar R, Piper M| | PubMed
  3. Clinicopathologic and genetic analysis of invasive breast carcinomas in women with germline CHEK2 variants.
    Schwartz CJ, Khorsandi N, Blanco A, Mukhtar RA, Chen YY, Krings G| | PubMed
  4. ASO Visual Abstract: Successful Breast Conservation After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Lobular Breast Cancer: The Role of Menopausal Status in Response to Treatment.
    Ramalingam K, Clelland E, Rothschild H, Mujir F, Record H, Kaur M, Mukhtar RA| | PubMed
  5. Tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors with ovarian function suppression in pre-menopausal stage I-III lobular breast cancer.
    Record H, Clelland E, Rothschild HT, Kaur M, Chien AJ, Melisko M, Rugo HS, Mujir F, Huppert L, Mukhtar RA| | PubMed
  6. Letter to the Editor of Annals of Surgical Oncology concerning "Is Choosing Wisely Wise for Lobular Carcinoma in Patients over 70 Years of Age? A National Cancer Database Analysis of Sentinel Node Practice Patterns".
    Mukhtar RA, Huppert L, Ramalingam K| | PubMed
  7. The impact of histologic subtype on primary site surgery in the management of metastatic lobular versus ductal breast cancer: a population based study from the National Cancer Database (NCDB).
    Rothschild HT, Clelland EN, Abel MK, Chien AJ, Shui AM, Esserman L, Khan SA, Mukhtar RA| | PubMed
  8. 356P Prognostic value of the residual cancer burden after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for invasive lobular breast cancer: An international pooled cohort study.
    S. Gottipati, H.M. Earl, C. Yau, D.A. Cameron, J. Abraham, L. Hayward, F. Reyal, M. Osdoit, G.S. Sonke, J. Wesseling, J. Boughey, M.P. Goetz, A. DeMichele, L. Pusztai, P. Sharma, M. Martin Jimenez, S. Lopez-Tarruella Cobo, M. Del Monte-Millan, F. Symmans, R. Mukhtar| | UCSF Research Profile
  9. Erratum: 53 The development of a multi-institutional prospective registry for patients with metastatic invasive lobular carcinoma: identifying new markers of disease progression - CORRIGENDUM.
    Rothschild HT, Jo Chien A, Jankowitz RC, Magbanua MJ, Mouabbi JA, Shatsky RA, Levine J, Mukhtar RA| | PubMed
  10. Nipple-Sparing Mastectomies in Patients over the Age of 60 Years: Factors Associated with Surgical Outcomes.
    Parmeshwar N, Dugan CL, Barnes LL, Cheng JK, Patterson AK, Miller A, Mukhtar R, Piper M| | PubMed