Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> March 11, 2004

Eric Reuter – Laserscope

ERIC M. REUTER joined Laserscope as Vice President, Research and Development in September, 1996 and was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the company in June 1999. Prior to joining Laserscope, from February 1994 to August 1996, Mr. Reuter was employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) at Stanford University as the Project Engineer for the B-Factory High Energy Ring, an electron storage ring used for high energy physics research. From February 1991 to January 1994, he served as a Senior Staff Engineer and Program Manager in digital imaging at Siemens Medical Systems ' Oncology Care Systems, a medical device company. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of the company and a

picture of the things you're doing at the present time?

Mr. Reuter: The company was founded in 1982 and went public in