Mark Howard Berman M.D.

Prominent surgeon, researcher, author, world renowned stem cell treatment pioneer, visionary leader in the regenerative medical community, mentor, husband, father, and friend. Mark obtained his undergraduate degree from University of California, Los Angeles, before training to be a physician at Chicago Medical School. He excelled during his residency in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at Loma Linda University, where he trained as an ENT surgeon. For more than three decades, Mark practiced cosmetic surgery in Beverly Hills and was active in the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, where served in various leadership positions, culminating in service as president in 2010. It was through cosmetic surgery that Mark first learned about certain adipose tissue (fat) transfer techniques, which led to Mark's groundbreaking application of these surgical techniques to non-cosmetic applications. A true renaissance man, Mark invented medical devices, constantly innovated new surgical techniques, and was instrumental in optimizing the isolation of stem cells using techniques that are now used in operating rooms all over the world. He co-founded California Stem Cell Treatment Center in 2010 followed by the creation of Cell Surgical Network, a highly respected international clinical research collaboration dedicated to utilizing a person's own stem cells to mitigate trauma, disease, and degenerative conditions. The surgical treatments innovated by Mark and his medical team have been used safely to treat over 15,000 patients in the US alone since 2010 and Mark remained dedicated and steadfast in his commitment to healing sick patients under any conditions and teaching other doctors to do the same. Mark's extensive and anonymous free charitable donations of his medical services, provided to veterans in particular, are just now coming to light. Since 2010, Mark worked day and night to advocate for his patients and create a world where all individuals have full access to their own healing cells. He was famous for his contagious energy, passion, brilliant insights, sense of humor, and most of all, his unyielding integrity, honesty, and moral compass. Mark passed away in Santa Monica, California at age 69 on April 19th 2022 due to complications of Covid-19. He is survived by the love of his life, his best friend, and wife of 36 years, Saralee Berman, and his treasured son, Sean Berman.