Dr. Zech is a lifelong resident of the Seattle area, growing up in the Magnolia neighborhood and attending Seattle University. He graduated from Loyola University School of Dentistry (Chicago) prior to a commitment in Japan as a general dentist in the Air Force. He returned to receive his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery certificate from the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor where he also earned a Masters’ in Science from the Rackham School of Graduate Studies.

Dr. Zech established his first private office in Seattle in 1983 and now maintains practices in the Nordstrom Medical Building in Seattle, and in the Woodinville Medical Center in Woodinville, Washington.