Gender Male
Stephen Joffe was a successful general surgeon and professor at the University of Cincinnati Medical Clinic in the 1980s. With the advent of numerous emerging surgical techniques using lasers, Joffe recognized the need to organize and implement some sort of surgical management program for healthcare centers. His insights led to a nationwide
professional management company called Laser Centers of America, Inc. (LCA). The company assisted hospitals and medical centers in managing their laser and minimally invasive surgery programs. A decade later, 80 hospital-based specialized laser surgery programs were in place throughout the United States.
