Muti graduated from Cairo University and obtained fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) in1988. He was awarded Master of Surgery degree (MS) from the University of London in 1993 for his research work on the role of intraoperative photodynamic therapy in colorectal cancer. After a period of surgical training at the Royal London and St. Thomas’ Hospitals Muti was appointed in 1996 as a consultant colorectal and general surgeon at Croydon University Hospital (CUH). Muti is a member of the colorectal cancer multi-disciplinary team at CUH and the Colorectal Pathway Group of the Royal Marsden Partners (RMP) Accountable Cancer Network, a partnership of 10 NHS trusts in South and West London. He led the Colorectal Cancer MDT for 10 years until 2018 and chaired the Pathway Group for 5 years until 2020. Muti was also a member of the Clinical Board of the London Cancer Alliance until April 2016, the London Early Diagnosis Implementation Group and the Endoscopy Strategy Subgroup for London. Muti was director of cancer services at CUH for eight years, until August 2012. He is a past member of the London Zone Cancer Peer Review reference group, the cancer project Expert Reference Panel for Common Cancers and General Care, and the research and audit committee of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland. He has a research interest in and has published on colorectal cancer and cancer genetics. Muti is the chief investigator of the NICE FIT study looking at the role of the FIT test in colorectal cancer. He is a founder and co-convener of the annual M25 colorectal Masterclass at Basingstoke funded by the Pelican Cancer Foundation, which teaches young trainee surgeons on all aspects of colorectal surgery.