Dr. George Berci, Whose Innovations Changed Surgery, Dies at 103

Dr. George Berci, Whose Innovations Changed Surgery, Dies at 103

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 the body while minimizing cutting, died on Aug. 30 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. He was 103. His death, in a hospital, was confirmed by his daughter Katherine DeFevere. Dr. Berci brought a precise eye and an inventor’s zeal to innovations that enabled doctor…