Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> June 26, 1998

Shimon Eckhouse – Esc Medical Systems (esmf)

SHIMON ECKHOUSE is a co-founder of ESC Medical Systems and has been its Chief Executive Officer and a Director since the Company's inception and Chairman of the Board of Directors since September 1996. From 1971 to 1986, Dr. Eckhouse served in the Israeli Ministry of Defense Armament Development Authority ('Rafael'). In his last position, Dr. Eckhouse managed a research department of 160 scientists and engineers. From 1986 to 1991, Dr. Eckhouse was the manager of the advanced product development department at Maxwell Laboratories Inc. in San Diego, California. Dr. Eckhouse received a B.Sc. degree in physics from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology ('Technion') and a doctorate in physics from the University of California at Irvine. Profile
TWST: What are the most significant trends, developments and changes

that you anticipate in your sector of the market over the next 12

months?

Dr. Eckhouse: What we are seeing and we have