Here are five things to know:
1. Dr. Berger died of complications from a heart attack.
2. He previously served as director of clinical research in the Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
3. While serving as director, he published a groundbreaking study The New England Journal of Medicine, challenging research conducted in concentration camps.
4. Specifically, he challenged the continuing use of medical research on hypothermia conducted Dachau prisoners. He found that the experiments conducted on the inmates were medically unsound.
5. Dr. Berger earned his medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine.
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