Dr. David Kolmon Berger

I am late but Dr David Berger was a respected doctor, a wonderful person. I worked with him for 12 yrs. I was his secretary after Marie. He was my mentor and I learned very much from him. I had the most respect for him He taught me a lot and he was a great person with. There was a time that i had a mild stroke and he was there for me and he stated that if I did not understand what was going on with me he would speak to the doctors for me. I really enjoyed working with him and the...

Beth and Nipu
David was a great man and now he is on a great journey. Many prayers that his path is peaceful, and he is reborn a Mensch & a Boddhisatva.
I hope your lives will be filled with the love that David gave, and the love that he has left us all.

Nipu and Mrs. Rosenthal-
We are so sorry to hear about this. We hope that everything will be fine. Give us a call.

Beth,
My heart goes out to you and Nipu. I am so sorry to hear of David's illness and death. It must be so difficult for you. I know how close David and Nipu were. Our girls endured loss so early in their lives. I do hope Nipu's early experiences and your strenght help substain you both through this most difficult loss. Our prayers are with you and Nipu.
We love you,

I am deeply saddened by the loss of David Berger. He took me into his Pediatric Dept. at Gouveneur Hospital in 1983, my first social work job out of grad school. With David, Gloria, Manny, Janice and Wendy, we created his vision of a comprehensive program for adolescents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. We specialized in reaching out to at-risk teens, getting those kids into our clinic, and then working with them with passion, compassion, and true commitment to effective intervention...

To David's Family:
I remember his "playfulness" when I was a teenager in the 1970s on a trip to Pensacola with my big sister. David was part of the group and kept everyone laughing. It's a fond memory of mine to be added to thousands of others you have in your hearts. May they help you through this sad time.

To Beth, Nipu, and David's family. David was a gifted and unique person. I will miss the twinkle in his eye and his love of children and life. I knew David back in the New Orleans french quarter days when he was teaching at LSUMC and helping troubled youth. He was a good friend to me in New York when I was doing medical school rotations there. I had a share in the summer house on amangansett that he organized and where he met his beloved wife Beth. No matter where you were with David, he...

David, there was always room for others at your house and in your life. I was honored to have been your friend and I thank you for how you cared.

Beth and Nipu, you already know how special David was and is and will always be.

Love,
Phil

To David's Family:
I knew David back when he was at Charity in the mid-70s when I worked in LSU Peds as a research associate in genetics, and he endeared himself to all who knew him with is Patch Adams approach to medicine. He'd come to weekly potlucks at my house and, with his caterpillar mustache, evoked a character of the doctor in Tom Robbins' Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, reminding people to "call in well," instead of "sick." I lost touch with him when he moved to New York (although...