Richard ZephDr

In 1975, Dr. Zeph received an undergraduate degree in Microbiology from Indiana University. After obtaining his Doctor of Medicine degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1979, he completed two years of training in general surgery at Loyola University Hospital in Chicago. He spent three years as a resident in Head and Neck Surgery at the Indiana University Medical Center, and completed an additional year of fellowship training in facial plastic surgery in Portland, Oregon and New Orleans, Louisiana through the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

In 1985, Dr. Zeph received his board certification from the American Board of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery. He also accepted an academic appointment at the Indiana University School of Medicine as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery, a position he still holds. In 1992, he received his board certification for the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Dr. Zeph is a Fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery, the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He maintains surgical privileges at Indiana University Health, St. Vincent, and Riverview hospitals. In a survey of his peers conducted by Indianapolis Monthly Magazine, he was named one of the top doctors in Indianapolis for rhinoplasty (nasal surgery). He has taught other physicians and has spoken at numerous professional association meetings, classes and symposiums across the United States and Canada.