When I heard my fourth-year sub-internship was going to be in Cardiology, I was extremely intimidated, as most students who had rotated through Cardiology were. Cardiology is such an intricate and complex subject that I felt I never mastered, and it didn’t help that I still felt less than subpar in my EKG reading skills. […]
Country Doctor 3: Death of a Hero
In 1971 Dr. Favaloro had a well deserved, lucrative, and distinguished career that lay before him in the United States. Yet, as it had throughout his entire life, his drive to serve the people of Argentina called him home. After turning down offers from prestigious institutions in the US, Favaloro returned to Argentina, and in […]
A Country Doctor 2: Coming to America
In the last portion of this series, we covered the early life of Rene Favaloro culminating with his rural clinic in Jacinto Arauzone. We will now discuss the next stage of his life as he left Argentina for America and the page of medical history. Despite his passion for his work in Jacinto Arauzone and […]
