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.
Dr. Murtaza and Dr. Zafar were awarded a $50,000 Translational Basic and Clinical Research Pilot Award from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the UW Carbone Cancer Center. Read more here.
Recent Publications
Efficient nonviral integration of large transgenes into human T cells using Cas9-CLIPT.
Tommasi A, Cappabianca D, Bugel M, Gimse K, Lund-Peterson K, Shrestha H, Arutyunov D, Williams JA, Police SR, Indurthi V, Davis SZ, Murtaza M, Capitini CM, Saha K
Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev 2025 Mar 13; 33(1): 101437
[PubMed ID: 40123742]Virus-free CRISPR knockin of a chimeric antigen receptor into KLRC1 generates potent GD2-specific natural killer cells.
Shankar K, Zingler-Hoslet I, Tabima DM, Zima S, Shi L, Gimse K, Forsberg MH, Katta V, Davis SZ, Maldonado D, Russell BE, Murtaza M, Tsai SQ, Ayuso JM, Capitini CM, Saha K
Mol Ther 2025 Mar 05; 33(3): 1014-1030
[PubMed ID: 39815622]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]