Biography
He is an Associate Professor in Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at University of Texas Medical Branch. Dr. Muhammad A. Mujtaba graduated from the Allama Iqbal Medical College, Punjab University Lahore, Pakistan in 1999-2000. He did his Internal Medicine Residency from the Columbia University New York at Harlem Hospital Center. Dr. Mujtaba was instrumental in the initiation and maintenance of transplant outreach, paired donor exchange, and desensitization program for Indiana University. Dr. Mujtaba joined as the Medical Director for Kidney and Pancreas Transplants at University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB-Texas Transplant Center). In recognition of his exceptional commitment to the field of Transplantation and Nephrology and outstanding service to American society of Transplant and American Society of Nephrology he was selected as a Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Nephrology.
Research Interest
Mujtaba has extensive clinical and research experience in kidney and pancreas transplantation including high risk transplant, immunomodulation/desensitization protocols, early steroid withdrawal, antibody mediated rejection, post-transplant antibody monitoring, and BK virus management post-transplant.