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

  • Current management of recurrent pyogenic cholangitis. Am Surg. 1999 Oct; 65(10):939-43.. View in PubMed
  • Does transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) resolve thrombocytopenia associated with cirrhosis? Dig Dis Sci. 1998 Nov; 43(11):2459-62. Jabbour N, Zajko A, Orons P, Irish W, Fung JJ, Selb . View in PubMed
  • Adrenal cortical carcinoma associated with a splenic vein tumor thrombus. Scand J Urol Nephrol. 1998 Apr; 32(2):140-2.. View in PubMed
  • Brain abscess in solid organ transplant recipients receiving cyclosporine-based immunosuppression. Arch Surg. 1997 Mar; 132(3):304-10.. View in PubMed
  • Hepatic artery angioplasty after liver transplantation: experience in 21 allografts. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 1995 Jul-Aug; 6(4):523-9.. View in PubMed
  • One thousand consecutive primary orthotopic liver transplants under FK 506: survival and adverse events. Transplant Proc. 1995 Feb; 27(1):1099-104.. View in PubMed
  • Orthotopic liver transplantation for benign hepatic neoplasms. Arch Surg. 1995 Feb; 130(2):153-6.. View in PubMed
  • Venovenous bypass using inferior mesenteric vein for portal decompression during orthotopic hepatic transplantation. J Am Coll Surg. 1995 Jan; 180(1):100.. View in PubMed
  • Alternative procedure for failed reconstruction of a right replaced hepatic artery in liver transplantation. Transpl Int. 1995; 8(5):414-7.. View in PubMed
  • Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Surg. 1995 Jan-Feb; 19(1):53-8.. View in PubMed