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 P6-08-09: Self-identified race and Area Deprivation Index in patients with invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast: associations with tumor characteristics and event free survival.
    Mandeep Kaur, Anne Patterson, Julissa Molina-Vega, Harriet T. Rothschild, Elle Clelland, Mary Kathryn Abel, Laura J. Esserman, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Rita Mukhtar| | UCSF Research Profile
  2. Triple-Negative Apocrine Carcinomas: Toward a Unified Group With Shared Molecular Features and Clinical Behavior.
    Schwartz CJ, Ruiz J, Bean GR, Sirohi D, Joseph NM, Hosfield EM, Jacobs TW, Mukhtar RA, Chen YY, Krings G| | PubMed
  3. Expanding Candidacy for Nipple-sparing Mastectomy in Women with Large or Ptotic Breasts: Staged Reconstruction Outcomes.
    Barnes LL, Foster R, Mukhtar RA, Esserman LJ, Ewing C, Alvarado M, Wong J, Piper M| | PubMed
  4. Identifying Good Candidates for Active Surveillance of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Insights from a Large Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy Cohort.
    Glencer AC, Miller PN, Greenwood H, Maldonado Rodas CK, Freimanis R, Basu A, Mukhtar RA, Brabham C, Kim P, Hwang ES, Rosenbluth JM, Hirst GL, Campbell MJ, Borowsky AD, Esserman LJ| | PubMed
  5. Implementation, evaluation, and modification of a near-peer learning group in graduate surgical education.
    Conroy PC, Mohamedaly S, Karimzada M, Brian R, Im C, Hernandez S, Roman S, Hirose K, Mukhtar R, Kirkwood K, O'Sullivan P, Alseidi A| | PubMed
  6. ASO Visual Abstract: The 21-Gene Recurrence Score in Clinically High Risk Lobular and Ductal Breast Cancer-A National Cancer Database Study.
    Abel MK, Shui AM, Chien AJ, Rugo HS, Melisko M, Baehner F, Mukhtar RA| | PubMed
  7. Association of Residual Ductal Carcinoma In Situ With Breast Cancer Recurrence in the Neoadjuvant I-SPY2 Trial.
    Osdoit M, Yau C, Symmans WF, Boughey JC, Ewing CA, Balassanian R, Chen YY, Krings G, Wallace AM, Zare S, Fadare O, Lancaster R, Wei S, Godellas CV, Tang P, Tuttle TM, Klein M, Sahoo S, Hieken TJ, Carter JM, Chen B, Ahrendt G, Tchou J, Feldman M, Tousimis E, Zeck J, Jaskowiak N, Sattar H, Naik AM, Lee MC, Rosa M, Khazai L, Rendi MH, Lang JE, Lu J, Tawfik O, Asare SM, Esserman LJ, Mukhtar RA| | PubMed
  8. Hereditary vs Sporadic Invasive Lobular Carcinoma and Impact of Locoregional Therapy on Disease-Free Survival.
    Alison S Baskin, Anne K Patterson, Amie M Blanco, Julie S Mak, Rita A Mukhtar| | UCSF Research Profile
  9. Molecular Imaging for Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer: Clinical Applications of Whole Body and Dedicated Breast Positron Emission Tomography.
    Goodman K, Abel MK, Lawhn-Heath C, Molina-Vega J, Jones EF, Mukhtar RA| | PubMed
  10. See one, do one, teach one: a flipped classroom to make quality improvement experiential in surgical residency.
    Tasce Bongiovanni, Elizabeth Lancaster, Hannah Decker, Rita A. Mukhtar, Marisa Schwab, Jeanette Broering, Patricia O’Sullivan, Kenzo Hirose, Elizabeth Wick| | UCSF Research Profile