Richard Haydon, MD

Professor of Surgery
Division of Otolaryngology
Department of Surgery
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Dr. Richard Haydon, MD holds an academic appointment at the University of Kentucky as Professor of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, and he maintains an active clinical practice in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck surgery. Dr. Haydon received his medical degree from the University of Virginia and completed his internship and residency at the University of Missouri - Columbia School of Medicine. He served on the faculty at West Virginia University 1984-90 before joining the faculty at the University of Kentucky in 1990. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Otolaryngology. Dr. Haydon serves on the board of directors for, and as the Director of the AAOA Fellow Examination for the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy Foundation.

He has published articles in national medical journals over a wide range of diseases of the head, neck, ears, nose and throat. He has a special interest in allergies and infectious diseases and airway obstructive diseases of the upper respiratory tract.