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May 07, 1926 Lučenec, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia Died on 23 Oct 2012 (aged 86)
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About Barouh Berkovits
- Barouh Berkovits (May 7, 1926 – October 23, 2012) was one of the pioneers of bio-engineering, particularly the cardiac defibrillator and artificial cardiac pacemaker.
- In particular, Berkovits invented the "demand pacemaker" and the DC defibrillator.Berkovits was born in Czechoslovakia.
- His parents and sister died at Auschwitz.
- He immigrated to the United States in the 1950s, and worked for the pacemaker company Medtronic from 1975 until his retirement.
- In 1982, Berkovits received the "Distinguished Scientist Award" from the Heart Rhythm Society.
- He graduated from the New York University Tandon School of Engineering in 1956.
- He was also a faculty member at NYU Tandon.
