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    Column: This 101-year-old surgical pioneer still works every day. And he's not about to retire

    by Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times Mar 15, 2022 4 minutes
    George Berci, holocaust survivor and surgical pioneer, is a surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — When Dr. Bruce Gewertz arrived from Chicago 16 years ago to work at Cedars-Sinai, he took note of his new neighbor.

    "When I moved in," said Gewertz, Cedars' surgeon-in-chief, "there was this 85-year-old guy in the office next to mine and I thought, 'Well, how long can that last?'"

    At this point, there's no telling.

    Dr. George Berci, a Holocaust survivor and a pioneer of surgical technique, is still in the office next door.

    And last week, he marked his 101st birthday.

    "Until COVID," Gewertz said, "it was not uncommon for me to come into the office at 7 a.m. and find George already here working.

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