Gabor Racz, MD, a Hungarian-born anesthesiologist, died at 88 in Dallas on June 23, according to a June 25 obituary published by Lubbock Online.
Dr. Racz fled his home country as a young medical student during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and became a “pioneer” in pain medicine, co-founding the World Institute of Pain. He brought the institute’s annual conference to Budapest as a “gesture of gratitude to his native country.”
He was chairman emeritus of anesthesiology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock. His research had a global influence, according to his obituary, particularly for minimally invasive treatments for spinal disorders and complex nerve syndromes. He was awarded numerous accolades, including the Grover E. Murray Professorship, Texas Tech’s highest honor. He also received lifetime achievement awards from the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and major medical societies.
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