11.4% Shareholders & Former Executive Management of LCA-Vision Seek Board Representation and Executive Management...( CINCINNATI Dec. 4 /- Dr. Stephen Joff...),Health

CINCINNATI, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Stephen Joffe, Craig Joffe, and Alan Buckey today filed an amendment to their Schedule 13D with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The group previously filed a 13D disclosing ownership of 11.4% of LCA-Vision, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCAV), which operates 77 LasikPlus fixed-site laser vision correction centers in 33 states in the United States. Dr. Joffe is the founder and former Chairman and CEO of LCAV. Craig Joffe is the former Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of LCAV, and Alan Buckey is the former Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. The three of them worked together as the executive management team of LCAV (Nasdaq: LCAV) to grow the market capitalization of the Company well in excess of 1,000% from 2003-2006.

In a letter, dated December 4, 2008, to Tony Woods and the other members of the Board of Directors of LCA-Vision, the group stated they were "perplexed" by the Board's failure to solicit their help saving the Company from its current path of self-destruction. Given the Company's dire condition and poor prognosis, coupled with the group's impeccable credentials at growing shareholder value at the Company, the group realized the "disconnect" may be the Board's need for further clarity on specifically how the group could help.

In the letter, the group states, "The three of us believe we can add tremendous value to the Company, its shareholders, and its physicians and employees by providing us Board representation and reappointing us to executive management positions in the Company. We have no doubt we can help provide the strategic vision the Company needs today, and have the experience and expertise to execute that strategy
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