Muhammed Murtaza, MBBS, PhD
Associate Professor
- Division of Surgical Oncology
- Director of the Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine
Education
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Aga Khan University Medical College
- PhD, Medical Science, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge
Research Interests
Dr. Murtaza was awarded a three-year, $1 million Cooperative Award (UH3) from the National Cancer Institute. Read more here.
Recent Publications
Colon Cancer Survival Among South Asian Americans: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a National Dataset.
Ahmed KS, Marcinak CT, LoConte NK, Krebsbach JK, Virani SS, Schiefelbein AM, Varley P, Walker M, Ghias K, Murtaza M, Zafar SN
J Surg Res 2024 Jul; 299: 269-281
[PubMed ID: 38788463]ASO Visual Abstract: Association of Neighborhood Disadvantage with Short- and Long-Term Outcomes After Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
Marcinak CT, Praska CE, Vidri RJ, Taylor AK, Krebsbach JK, Ahmed KS, LoConte NK, Varley PR, Afshar M, Weber SM, Abbott DE, Mathew J, Murtaza M, Burkard ME, Churpek MM, Zafar SN
Ann Surg Oncol 2024 Jan; 31(1): 552-553
[PubMed ID: 37805945]Association of Neighborhood Disadvantage with Short- and Long-Term Outcomes After Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
Marcinak CT, Praska CE, Vidri RJ, Taylor AK, Krebsbach JK, Ahmed KS, LoConte NK, Varley PR, Afshar M, Weber SM, Abbott DE, Mathew J, Murtaza M, Burkard ME, Churpek MM, Zafar SN
Ann Surg Oncol 2024 Jan; 31(1): 488-498
[PubMed ID: 37782415]Ultrasensitive Circulating Tumor DNA Pilot Study Distinguishes Complete Response and Partial Response With Immunotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.
Chehrazi-Raffle A, Muddasani R, Dizman N, Hsu J, Meza L, Zengin ZB, Malhotra J, Chawla N, Dorff T, Contente-Cuomo T, Dinwiddie D, McDonald BR, McDaniel T, Trent JM, Baehner FL, Murtaza M, Pal SK
JCO Precis Oncol 2023 Apr; 7: e2200543
[PubMed ID: 37027813]Genome-wide analysis of aberrant position and sequence of plasma DNA fragment ends in patients with cancer.
Budhraja KK, McDonald BR, Stephens MD, Contente-Cuomo T, Markus H, Farooq M, Favaro PF, Connor S, Byron SA, Egan JB, Ernst B, McDaniel TK, Sekulic A, Tran NL, Prados MD, Borad MJ, Berens ME, Pockaj BA, LoRusso PM, Bryce A, Trent JM, Murtaza M
Sci Transl Med 2023 Jan 11; 15(678): eabm6863
[PubMed ID: 36630480]