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Favaloro Foundation
Favaloro is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *René Favaloro (1923–2000), Argentine cardiologist *Norman Joseph Favaloro (1905–1989), Australian solicitor and ornithologist The name Favaloro derives from the Sicilian term Favaloru,referring to a grower or seller of beans or,alternatively,a scoundrel. Notable places with the name Favaloro include: Molo Favaloro,in Lampedusa,Sicily Villino Favaloro,in Palermo,Sicily References {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Favaloro
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; his grandparents were Sicilians. In 1936, Favaloro was admitted into the Colegio Nacional de La Plata. After graduating from high school, he was admitted to the School of Medicine at the National University of La Plata. During his third year, he began his medical residency at the ''Hospital PoliclÃnico San MartÃn'', a medical center that received the most complicated cases from much of Buenos Aires province. This residency brought him into contact with patients for the first time. He attended procedures carried out by professors José MarÃa Mainetti and Federico E. B. Christmann, from whom he learned the simplicity and standardization that he would later apply to cardiovascular surgery, one of his many great c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
