Berci, an only child, followed in her path, learning the violin and performing concertos at 10. By the mid-1930s, with Hitler in place as chancellor in Germany, antisemitism intensified throughout ...

Berci, a Holocaust survivor who died Aug. 30 at the age of 103, was an evangelist for less-invasive surgical methods, now the dominant form of surgery; laparoscopy is one well-known example of ...

Dr. George Berci, a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor who changed the way modern surgery is conducted by developing techniques and instruments that help doctors better see and treat the inside of ...

George Berci, who has died aged 103, was a Hungarian Jew who escaped the Holocaust and later pioneered minimally invasive or “keyhole” surgery, developing laparoscopic and other endoscopic ...

George Berci, an Evangelist for Less-Invasive Surgery, Dies at 103 The benefits of a dime-size incision were obvious. But surgeons were reluctant to abandon what they had learned in medical school ...

Dr. Berci joined the department of surgery at Cedars-Sinai in 1967 and remained there until his death from COVID-19 complications. At the time of his death, ...

Berci died Aug. 30 in Thousand Oaks, California from complications of COVID-19. He was 103. “Unfortunately, I had a terrible early life in respect to being a Jew,” Berci said in 2018.

George Berci revolutionized the modern operating room by developing the tools and techniques of laparoscopy, a minimally invasive procedure that has improved the experience of millions of patients.

Berci was born Gyorgy Bleier on March 14, 1921, in Szeged, Hungary. His father, Alex, was hired soon after as the assistant conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic, and the family moved to Austria.

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George Berci, a surgeon who revolutionized the modern operating room by developing the tools and techniques of laparoscopy, a minimally invasive procedure that has improved the experience of ...