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UCSF Lobular Breast Cancer Research Program Principal Investigator Dr. Rita Mukhtar and research fellow Astrid Quirarte attend the 2024 International ILC Symposium in Belgium

Lobular Breast Cancer at the 2024 International ILC Symposium

UCSF Department of Surgery
October 01, 2024
In September of 2024, the Lobular Breast Cancer Research Program’s Director, Dr. Rita Mukhtar, and research fellow, Astrid Quirarte, traveled to Belgium to attend the 2024 International ILC Symposium. Patient advocates, clinicians, and scientists attended the symposium to learn and discuss the latest advancements...
UCSF Lobular Breast Cancer Research Program Research Fellow Kayla Switalla at the 25th Annual American Society of Breast Surgeons Meeting.

Kayla Switalla Honored with ASBrS Outstanding Scientific Presentation Award

UCSF Department of Surgery
April 16, 2024
Medical student, Kayla Switalla, was recently honored with The American Society of Breast Surgeons’ Outstanding Scientific Presentation Award at their 25th Annual Meeting for her research on "The Role of Clipping the Lymph Node in Clinically Node Positive Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast...
UCSF Lobular Breast Cancer Research Program Principal Investigator Dr. Rita Mukhtar and Research Fellows, Kayla Switalla and Israel Falade at the 25th Annual American Society of Breast Surgeons Meeting.

Israel Falade Honored with Long-Term Dean’s Prize in Research

UCSF Department of Surgery
April 16, 2024
Israel Falade, a mentee of Dr. Mukhtar, a Lobular Breast Cancer Research Fellow, recently won the Long-Term Dean’s Prize in Research and Scholarship for his work on 'Oncologic Safety of Immediate Oncoplastic Surgery Compared to Standard Breast Conserving Surgery for Patients with Invasive Lobular Carcinoma.'...
UCSF Lobular Breast Cancer Research Program Research Fellow Elle Clelland at the 25th Annual American Society of Breast Surgeons Meeting

New Lobular Breast Cancer Research Funding Alert

UCSF Department of Surgery
April 16, 2024
The UCSF Lobular Breast Cancer Research Group is excited to announce that we have received an additional $50,000 dollars of grant funding through the UCSF Research Allocation Program (RAP) for our clinical trial B-BRITE (Bariatric Breast Results in Testing Experience). B-BRITE is a prospective pilot study...
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Lobular Breast Cancer at #ASBRS23

UCSF Department of Surgery
April 23, 2023
Successful Breast Conservation After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Lobular Breast Cancer: The Role of Menopausal Status in Response to Treatment While neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) has been shown to increase rates of breast conservation surgery (BCS) for breast cancer, response rates in invasive lobular carcinoma...
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Lobular Breast Cancer @ SABCS

UCSF Department of Surgery
December 10, 2022
In December, three UCSF Lobular Breast Cancer Research Program Fellows, medical students Elle Cleland, Mandeep Kaur and Harriet Rothschild, presented at the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Quantifying estrogen and progesterone receptor status in early-stage invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast...
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UCSF Hosts First Lady Jill Biden to Discuss Breast Cancer Research

UCSF Campus News
November 16, 2022
By Elizabeth Fernandez First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden visits UCSF to speak with patients, researchers, and doctors as part of President Biden's Cancer Moonshot program. From left to right: Alan Ashworth, MD, Paola Betancur, MD, Monica Bertagnolli, MD, First Lady Jill Biden, Ed.D, Kami Pullakhandam. Photo by Noah...
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Thomas K. Hunt Memorial Fellowship Awarded to Medical Student Mary Kathryn (Katy) Abel

UCSF Department of Surgery
October 27, 2020
The UCSF Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that third year UCSF medical student Mary Kathryn (Katy) Abel, A.B. was awarded the inaugural Thomas K. Hunt Memorial fellowship from the Division of General Surgery for her research project: “Optimizing outcomes in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast...
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New Associate Residency Program Directors Appointed for General Surgery Residency Program

UCSF Department of Surgery
October 01, 2020
We are pleased to announce the appointment of three new Associate Residency Program Directors for our general surgery residency program: Rita Mukhtar, MD as Associate Residency Program Director for Curriculum; Wen Shen, MD, MA as Associate Residency Program Director for Resident Professional Development; and Lan...