Dallastown Resident Honored by Albright College
Reading, PA (09/29/2021) — Steven Groff, M.D., of Dallastown, Pa., has earned Albright College's Distinguished Alumni Award for outstanding service and accomplishment.
Highly active on campus as an Albright student, Groff graduated cum laude in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in biology and earned a medical degree from the University of Virginia.
For nearly 20 years, Groff served his community as an Orthopedic Surgeon before becoming a successful entrepreneur. As president of KDV Orthopedics, he led a large multi-organization merger to form OSS, a vital healthcare entity in South Central Pennsylvania. He served three terms as president of OSS Health System and was founding chairman of the ambulatory surgical center.
But following a serious cycling accident, Steven began a completely new, successful path as an entrepreneur, founding Wyndridge Farm in 2014. Wyndridge is a combination restaurant, wedding and corporate event venue, and beverage manufacturer in York County, Pennsylvania.
Four years after opening Wyndridge, he founded three new companies: Groff North America (GNA), Groff Health and Groff NA Hemplex. GNA is a comprehensive hemp-cannabis refinery, extraction, purification and formulation facility, with a diverse team of experts leading the way in research and production of raw materials from all aspects of cannabis plants. As such, GNA was approved as one of only four new private companies to hold marijuana grow licenses. Harking back to Groff's medical background, his grow license will be used to study antibacterial aspects of THC and CBD at the company's 80,000 square foot facility in Red Lion, Pa., and is expected to be a monumental step in advancing opportunities for medical and scientific research in Central Pa., and the U.S.
Named a top national college by Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education and U.S. News & World Report, Albright College (founded 1856) is home to a diverse community of learners cultivating integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience. The college's flexible curriculum encourages students to combine and cross majors to create individualized academic programs. Close faculty mentorship and numerous experiential learning options create opportunities for Albright graduates to exceed their own expectations. Located in Reading, Pa., Albright is home to undergraduate students, adult learners and graduate students.
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Steven Groff, M.D. accepts his Albright College Distinguished Alumni Award during a Homecoming ceremony, Sept. 26.
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