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Berci 103, Pioneering Laparoscopy Surgeon Dies
Dr. George Berci, 103, a Hungarian born surgeon who helped found modern laparoscopic surgery, died August 30 in Thousand Oaks California. He built early endoscopic tools with Hopkins and Storz and led Cedars Sinai surgical endoscopy research after joining in 1967. He endured Holocaust labor, fled Hungary after 1956, and influenced millions of patients with minimally invasive techniques.
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George Berci
Thousand Oaks
California
Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles
Katherine Berci DeFevere
Berci
Auschwitz
Budapest
Hungary
United States
L. Michael Brunt
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis
University of Melbourne
Australia
General Surgery News
Harold Hopkins
Karl Storz
Brunt
Alfons Pomp
University of Montreal
University of Szeged
Austria
Melbourne
Cristina Ferrone
Irene Celjkovic
Suzanne Buckland
Jean “Suzie” Diack
Barbara Weisfeld
Winton Berci
Liza Landsman Gold
Scott Landsman
Nina Berci Craig
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra