Stephen Joffe

STEPHEN JOFFE, M.D., F.A.C.S., is President and CEO of LCA-Vision Inc.
He obtained his medical degree in 1967 from the University of
Witwatersrand (South Africa), and was awarded a postgraduate doctorate
degree in 1976. He has held faculty appointments at the Universities of
London, Glasgow, and Cincinnati, and holds fellowships of the College of
Surgeons of South Africa, the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh,
the Royal College of Surgeons in Glasgow, and the American College of
Surgeons. Dr. Joffe held the position of Full Professor of Surgery and
Medicine at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for over nine
years and is currently the Esteemed Quondam Professor of Surgery and
Medicine. Having led in the development of "contact" laser surgery, he
founded Surgical Laser Technologies, Inc., in 1983 to execute research,
development and manufacturing of equipment for contact laser surgery. He
was Chairman of the Board and Director of that Company through 1989. Dr.
Joffe founded LCA-Vision in 1986 in an effort to expand applications for
minimally invasive surgery in many different modalities. In 1995, the
company did a reverse merger, and is now LCA-Vision Inc. (NASDAQ LCAV).
Dr. Joffe remains President and Chief Executive Officer. He has
authorized over 170 papers in scientific and technical journals, has
contributed to over 35 textbooks, and has presented over 220 papers
before scientific societies in 22 countries throughout the world.