Dr. Eppley is a board certified Orthopaedic
Surgeon and a Qualified Medical Examiner, who has specialized in injuries to the shoulder and knee since 1990. He is the primary
orthopaedic surgeon for the University of California at Berkeley athletic teams, including sideline coverage and travel with
the CAL football team for many years. Dr. Eppley is the Chief of Orthopedics for the CAL Student Health Service and
Chief of Orthopedics for Sports Medicine at CAL.
He is a nationally recognized leader in shoulder and knee surgery. Dr. Eppley has
lectured, published and instructed many surgical teaching laboratories nationally.
Dr. Eppley performs arthroscopic
and open surgeries of the shoulder and knee, including acl reconstruction, meniscus repairs, microfracture, osteochondral grafts,
tibial tubercle osteotomy, lateral release, bankart repairs, rotator cuff tendon repairs, ac repairs,
open reduction internal fixation of the clavicle and humerus and partial replacement of the knee and shoulder, total shoulder
replacement, as well as resurfacing of the humeral head and reverse shoulder replacement.
His peers have repeatedly
voted Dr. Eppley to “The Bay Areas Best Doctors” by Focus magazine and “Best of
the Bay”, by San Francisco magazine, "One of San Francisco's Top Doctors". He
is also listed as one of the "Top Doctors in America" and "One of the Best Doctors
in America". http://www.bestdoctors.com/en/docfinder/am_index.asp.
Dr. Eppley has
been honored by his patients with a Patients' Choice recognition. There
is nothing more rewarding then to be honored and highly regarded by the patients. In fact, of the nation's
720,000 active physicians, less than 5% were accorded this honor by their patients in 2008.
He was also invited to be a master surgeon at the Orthopaedic Academy Learning Center in Illinois.
Dr. Eppley attended Swarthmore College and Yale
University followed by medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, where he graduated with honors.
He completed
7 years of surgical residency and fellowship at Case Western Reserve University, Harvard, Tufts and UCLA. Dr. Eppley is an
Aufranc fellow from the prestigious Baptist Hospital in Boston, where he was trained in Total Joint Replacement. http://www.nebh.caregroup.org/sites/nebh/home.asp. He is also a Southern California Orthopaedic Institute fellow, having trained with
the premier Arthroscopic Surgery Training Program in Los Angeles. http://www.scoi.com
Dr.
Eppley competed in the Ohio regional tennis competition and played college basketball. He currently lives in Orinda with his
wife Karen and children Sarah, Emma and Robert.



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