Robert R. Selby, M.D., is the Pancreas and Hepatobiliary Cancer Program
Director at Hoag. He is Professor of Surgery, Director of the Liver Transplantation
Program, and Chief of the Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery
at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. He has extensive experience in
hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery. Dr. Selby is board certified in
general surgery and general surgical critical care.
Dr. Selby specializes in the treatment of the following conditions, and
utilizes minimally invasive techniques (MIS) for optimal patient care:
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Cholangiocarcinomar
- Hepatocellular Cancer
- Pancreatic cysts
- Acute and chronic Pancreatitis
- Gallbladder cancer
- Choledochal cysts
- Bile duct injuries
- Primary Sclerosing cholangitis
- Neuroendocrine tumors
- Pyogenic liver disease
- Metastatic cancer to the liver
- Liver, kidney and pancreas transplant evaluation
- IPMN
- Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis
- Portal hypertension
Board Certified:
American Board of Surgery
Fellowship Training:
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Presbyterian University Hospital
and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1987-1989
Postgraduate Training:
Surgical Internship: Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency Phoenix, Arizona, 1981-1982
Surgical Residency: Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency Phoenix, Arizona, 1982-1986
Medical Residency: Good Samaritan Hospital, Pheonix, Arizona 1980-1981
Graduate School:
Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico 1975-1976
Undergraduate School
University of Missouri at Columbia B.A., Zoology, 1975
Honors and Awards
Medicine Intern of the Year, Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona 1980
Surgical Intern of the Year, Integrated Surgical Residency, Phoenix, Arizona, 1982
Chief Surgical Resident of the Year, Good Samaritan Hospital and Phoenix
Integrated Surgical Residency, 1986
Resident Teaching Prize, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Surgery, 1992-1993
Outstanding Surgical Service, Hepatobiliary, USC School of Medicine, Residents,
Department of Surgery 1997