LaRossa was born in
New Jersey in 1941. He received his A.B. from
Seton Hall University in 1963 and his M.D. from
Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1967. LaRossa served in the
United States Army for two years as the Assistant Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Denver, Colorado where he was promoted to the rank of Major. He was also an instructor at the
University of Colorado at Boulder. He began his career at University of Pennsylvania in 1976 when he was appointed assistant professor of
surgery. LaRossa died on January 21, 2014, in
Malvern, Pennsylvania. ==Notes and references==