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

  • Single-center experience with primary orthotopic liver transplantation with FK 506 immunosuppression. Ann Surg. 1994 Sep; 220(3):297-308.. View in PubMed
  • Early clinical and histologic viability of human liver-small intestinal allografts after implantation. Clin Transplant. 1994 Feb; 8(1):49-53.. View in PubMed
  • Intestinal transplantation in children under FK 506 immunosuppression. J Pediatr Surg. 1993 Aug; 28(8):1040-3.. View in PubMed
  • Donor selection and surgical technique for en bloc liver-small bowel graft procurement. Transplant Proc. 1993 Aug; 25(4):2622-3.. View in PubMed
  • The relationship of systemic hemodynamics and oxygen consumption to early allograft failure after liver transplantation. Transpl Int. 1993 Mar; 6(2):73-6.. View in PubMed
  • Prolonged survival after liver transplantation and cancer chemotherapy for advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma. Transplant Proc. 1993 Feb; 25(1 Pt 2):1128-9.. View in PubMed
  • The 11-year Pittsburgh experience with liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: 1981-1991. J Surg Oncol Suppl. 1993; 3:78-82.. View in PubMed
  • Logistics and technique for combined hepatic-intestinal retrieval. Ann Surg. 1992 Nov; 216(5):605-9.. View in PubMed
  • Intestinal transplantation in composite visceral grafts or alone. Ann Surg. 1992 Sep; 216(3):223-33.. View in PubMed
  • Clinical small bowel or small bowel plus liver transplantation under FK 506. Transplant Proc. 1991 Dec; 23(6):3093-5.. View in PubMed