Who was Rene Favaloro ? And why google doodle honours him ? Heart surgeon Rene Favaloro is being honoured with a Google Doodle ( Google ) ES Lifestyle newsletter Continue Register with your social account or click here to log in I would like to receive trends and interviews from fashion, lifestyle to travel every week, by email The legacy of Argentine surgeon Rene Favaloro is being remembered by a Google Doodle today on what would have been his 96 th birthday. A Buenos Aires native, Favaloro was best known for his pioneering work in coronary bypass surgery, and was the first surgeon to perform the procedure successfully. Here’s what you need to know: Who was Rene Favaloro? (AP) Rene Favaloro was born in 1923 in La Plata, Argentina and went on to earn a degree in medicine from the National University of La Palta in 1948. READ MORE What it's like to design the Google Doodles everyday He worked as a