Dr. Hoffman is an ABMS board-certified plastic surgeon in private practice in Palo Alto, California. He trained at, and is affiliated with, Stanford University and was previously on staff in the division of hand surgery. He specialized in microsurgery, and received fellowship training at, and later staffed, the San Jose Center for Microsurgery and Replantation.

He has been a long-standing board member for Breast Cancer Connections, a Palo Alto charitable foundation providing information and support to breast cancer patients and their families.