Ariel Soffer, MD, FACC
Dr. Soffer is a board-certified cardiovascular specialist, author, medical patent holder, and medical journalist. He has dedicated the last 15 years of his clinical practice to advancing the knowledge and treatment of venous circulation disorders at the Soffer Health Institute (a successful group of private practices in South Florida).
Dr. Soffer lectures internationally on a variety of circulatory issues. Notably, he heads the Venous Forum at the annual New Cardiovascular Horizons (NCVH) conference in New Orleans. He has authored numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, published two medical books, and made countless local and national media appearances (including a weekly ABC News segment entitled “Dr. Soffer’s Second Opinion”).
As a product innovator, Dr. Soffer is co-founder of USA Therm, Inc. Its sentinel product, ThermPix ™, is a cutting-edge platform medical device that uses thermography to find venous insufficiency.
Dr. Soffer graduated with distinction from the University of Miami School of Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA. He completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease and nuclear cardiology at the University of Southern California and Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach.