George Berci

George Berci
Born
Gyorgy Bleier

(1921-03-14)14 March 1921
Szeged, Hungary
Died30 August 2024(2024-08-30) (aged 103)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Szeged
Medical career
FieldSurgery
InstitutionsCedars-Sinai Medical Center
ResearchLaparoscopy

George Berci (né Bleier; 14 March 1921 – 30 August 2024) was a Hungarian-American surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, United States and a pioneer in minimally invasive surgeries. He developed instruments for laparoscopic surgery[1] that have been incorporated into minimally invasive surgery techniques used today.[2][3][4]

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