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René Favaloro

Argentine cardiac surgeon

René Favaloro

Favaloro in 1976

Born

René Gerónimo Favaloro


July 12, 1923

La Plata, Argentina

DiedJuly 29, 2000(2000-07-29) (aged 77)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Alma materNational University of La Plata
Years active1949–2000
SpouseMaría Antonia Delgado (1951–1998)
Parent(s)Juan Manuel Favaloro and Geni Ida Raffaeli[1]
AwardsPrince Mahidol Award (1998), Order of the Sun of Peru (1973), Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1978), Canada Gairdner International Award (1987), Golden Plate Award (1993), Konex Award (1993)

René Gerónimo Favaloro (July 12, 1923 – July 29, 2000) was an Argentine cardiac surgeon and educator best known for his pioneering work on coronary artery bypass surgery using the great saphenous vein.

Early life

Favaloro was born in 1923 and raised in La Plata;[2] his grandparents were Sicilians from the island of Salina.[3&