Background
Zeppa, Robert was born on September 17, 1924 in New York City. Son of Alfred and Angelina (Buscaglia) Zeppa.
Zeppa, Robert was born on September 17, 1924 in New York City. Son of Alfred and Angelina (Buscaglia) Zeppa.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University, 1948; Doctor of Medicine Yale University, 1952.
Intern, U. Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1952-1953;
resident, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1953-1956;
professor surgery, U. North Carolina, 1958-1965;
professor surgery and pharmacology, U. Miami, Florida, 1965-1993;
co-department chairman surgery, U. Miami, 1966-1971;
department chairman surgery, U. Miami, 1971-1993. Chief surgical service Veterans Administration Hospital., Miami, 1965-1972. Chief surgery Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, 1971-1993, president medical staff, 1976-1978.
Member surgery training committee National Institute General Medicine Sciences, 1968-1971.
Served to Second lieutenant, Air Corps United States Army, 1943-1945, England. Member Australian Computer Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Gastroenterological Association, American Association Study Liver Diseases, American Surgical Association, Society Surgery Alimentary Tract, Society University Surgeons, New York Academy of Sciences, Southern Surgical Association, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Cicely M. Lawrence, June 7, 1952. Children: Melissa Kay, Scott L.