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

  • Intra-aortic balloon pump for hemodynamic support in hepatobiliary surgery: report of a case. Surg Today. 2012 Aug; 42(8):793-6.. View in PubMed
  • Blood-management programs: a clinical and administrative model with program implementation strategies. Perm J. 2009; 13(1):18-28.. View in PubMed
  • Alternate method to secure the aorta for organ perfusion in donation after cardiac death donors. Transpl Int. 2008 Dec; 21(12):1190-1.. View in PubMed
  • Intraoperative umbilical herniorrhaphy during liver transplantation. Surgery. 2008 Mar; 143(3):451-2.. View in PubMed
  • IMPDH1 gene polymorphisms and association with acute rejection in renal transplant patients. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2008 May; 83(5):711-7.. View in PubMed
  • Living related donor nephrectomy in transfusion refusing donors. Transpl Int. 2007 Jun; 20(6):490-6.. View in PubMed
  • Utility versus utilization of DCD liver allografts. Am J Transplant. 2007 Jan; 7(1):263.. View in PubMed
  • Comparison of renal allograft outcomes in combined liver-kidney transplantation versus subsequent kidney transplantation in liver transplant recipients: Analysis of UNOS Database. Transplantation. 2006 Nov 27; 82(10):1298-303.. View in PubMed
  • Prospective evaluation of vascular complications after liver transplantation: comparison of conventional and microbubble contrast-enhanced US. Radiology. 2006 Oct; 241(1):267-74.. View in PubMed
  • Expanding the donor kidney pool: utility of renal allografts procured in a setting of uncontrolled cardiac death. Am J Transplant. 2006 Jul; 6(7):1682-8.. View in PubMed