Robert Rick Selby, MD

Professor of Surgery

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Overview

Dr. Selby is a Professor of Surgery at the USC School of Medicine, as well as Director of the Liver Transplantation Program and Chief of the Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery. Dr. Selby graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri School of Medicine at Columbia, Missouri. Before joining USC, Dr. Selby served on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh where he trained in multi-organ transplantations and hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery. He remained at University of Pittsburgh where he was also Director of the Multiorgan Transplantation Fellowship, Dr. Selby has trained more than 45 transplant surgeons who currently participate in transplant programs throughout the world. Dr. Selby is board certified in general surgery and general surgical critical care. His research interests include transfusion free surgery, surgery for neuroendocrine tumors, primary and metastatic liver tumors, peri-ampullary cancers, pancreatic cancers, bile duct injuries, and cholangiocarcinoma.

Publications

  • Pancreatic cyst epidemiology defined by endoscopic ultrasound: A single-center longitudinal study. Pancreatology. 2026 Aug; 26(5):724-730.. View in PubMed
  • Jehovah’s witness head and neck free flap reconstruction patient outcomes. Am J Otolaryngol. 2023 Jan-Feb; 44(1):103681.. View in PubMed
  • A Potential Role for Robotic Cholecystectomy in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease: Analysis of the NSQIP Database. Am Surg. 2020 Apr 01; 86(4):341-345.. View in PubMed
  • Contemporary Policies Regarding Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among Liver Transplant Programs in the United States. Transplantation. 2018 03; 102(3):433-439.. View in PubMed
  • Pediatric liver transplantation for hepatocellular cancer and rare liver malignancies: US multicenter and single-center experience (1981-2015). Liver Transpl. 2017 12; 23(12):1577-1588.. View in PubMed
  • To measure or not to measure direct oral anticoagulants before surgery or invasive procedures: comment. J Thromb Haemost. 2017 01; 15(1):200-202.. View in PubMed
  • Complicated gallstone disease: diagnosis and management of Mirizzi syndrome. Surg Endosc. 2017 05; 31(5):2215-2222.. View in PubMed
  • Multidisciplinary Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis-Related Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis (CF-RPC). Dig Dis Sci. 2015 Jun; 60(6):1801-4.. View in PubMed
  • Biliary sarcoidosis: early diagnosis minimizes the need for surgery. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Mar 01; 187(5):556-9.. View in PubMed
  • Prospective study of therapeutic spiral enteroscopy in patients with surgically altered anatomy. Surg Endosc. 2013 Feb; 27(2):671-8.. View in PubMed