Rick Selby, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Director, Abdominal Organ Transplantation

Phone: (323) 442-5908
Fax: (323) 442-5721
E-mail: info@uscpancreastransplant.org

Curriculum Vitae - Rick Selby, M.D.

Dr. Selby is a Professor of Surgery and Chief of Hepatobiliary/Pancreas Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation at the USC University Hospital and the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center.

Dr. Selby completed his medical school training at the University of Missouri at Columbia where he graduated cum laude. His medical and surgical training took place at Good Samaritan Hospital and Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency in Arizona. Following this initial training, Dr. Selby completed a surgical fellowship in liver transplantation.

From January 1989 to 1995, Dr. Selby served as an attending member of the faculty at the Pittsburgh Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh. As a member of Dr. Thomas Starzl's team, Dr. Selby cared for hundreds of pre- and post-abdominal organ transplant patients, and performed more than 850 orthotopic abdominal organ transplants. During these years, Dr. Selby also administered in the clinical trials of FK 506 (Tacrolimus), an immunosuppressive drug that markedly improved the outcome for liver transplant patients. Dr. Selby was instrumental in developing a liver resection service at Pittsburgh, which offered hope and recovery to many patients suffering from tumors involving the liver. Dr. Selby also has extensive experience in the transplantation of kidneys, small bowels and pacreata.

In his role as the Director of the Multiorgan Transplantation Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Selby trained more than 25 transplant surgeons who are now participating in transplant programs throughout the world.

In addition to his surgical expertise, Dr. Selby is board certified in critical care and acted as the Director of Patient Care in the 32-bed liver ICU at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

In September 1995, Dr. Selby joined the faculty at USC to apply his considerable expertise to developing a center of excellence for liver transplantation. Joining him at USC is a highly talented team of clinical and administrative staff that brings experience from various transplant centers. Together, they form an outstanding group with a tremendous command of the clinical, scientific and administrative intricacies of running an effective abdominal organ transplant program.

Name:		Robert Rick Selby, M.D.
Title:		Professor of Surgery Chief, Division of Hepatobiliary/Pancreas Surgery and Liver Transplantation Director, Abdominal Organ Transplantation Service
Date of Employment:		9/11/95
Board Certification:		Surgery - Certified 1989 Surgery Critical Care - Certified 1991
Specialty:		Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Liver Resection
Post-Residency Training:		Abdominal Organ and Multivisceral Transplantation Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh 1987-89 Abdominal Organ and Multivisceral Transplantation Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1987-89