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René Favaloro

1923 - 2000

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Favaloro is the 461st most popular physician (down from 410th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 222nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Argentinean Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, René Favaloro ranks 461 out of 726. Before her are Hiroshi Nakajima, Léon Jean Marie Dufour, Bénédict Morel, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, and Wilhelm Fliess. After her are Benjamin Rush, Tewhida Ben Sheikh, Friedrich von Esmarch, William Bayliss, Nikolay Gamaleya, and William Stukeley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, René Favaloro ranks 199. Before her are Evelyn McHale, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Sam Phillips, Václav Ježek, and Louis Lansana Beavogui. After her are Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Carlo Pavesi, Nazik Al-Malaika, Carlos Páez Vilaró, Valentin Varennikov, and Gerald Götting. Among people deceased in 2000, René Favaloro ranks 142. Before her are Edward Gorey, Ferenc Farkas, Ioannis Mitropoulos, Anton Heida, Karen Hoff, and Johannes Virolainen. After her are George Volkoff, Gérard Blain, Elek Schwartz, Jean Carzou, Jerzy Giedroyc, and Jean-Claude Izzo.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, René Favaloro ranks 237 out of 1,154. Before her are Osvaldo Pugliese (1905), Juan Hohberg (1926), Aníbal Troilo (1914), Leopoldo Lugones (1874), Rodolfo Orlandini (1905), and Susana Giménez (1944). After her are Raúl Alberto Lastiri (1915), Fernando Paternoster (1903), Roberto Arlt (1900), José Evaristo Uriburu (1831), Lautaro Martínez (1997), and Julio Velasco (1952).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Argentina

Among physicians born in Argentina, René Favaloro ranks 2. Before her are Bernardo Houssay (1887). After her are María Teresa Ferrari (1887), and Cecilia Grierson (1859).

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