Naresh Trehan (born 12 August 1945) is an Indian

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and cardiothoracic surgeon. After graduating from King George Medical College, Lucknow, India, he went on to practice at New York University Medical Center Manhattan USA from 1971 to 1988. He returned to India and started Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre. He serves as the chairman and managing director and chief cardiac surgeon of

Medanta Global Health Limited, d/b/a Medanta, is an Indian hospital chain based in Gurgaon, India. The chain was started in 2009 by cardiac surgeon Naresh Trehan and Sunil Sachdeva. History In 2004, cardiac surgeon Naresh Trehan began working on Me ...

™-The Medicity. He has served as personal surgeon to the

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since 1991, has received numerous awards, including the

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and Dr. B. C. Roy Award.

Education and career

In 1963 Dr. Trehan got admission in King George's Medical College in Lucknow. In November 1969 he moved to USA and became a first-year resident at the

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in Philadelphia. Trehan was the founder, director and chief

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of Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center (EHIRC), which opened on Okhla Road,

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in 1988. Presently, Trehan is the Founder Chairman of

- The Medicity one of the largest multi-specialty hospital at

Gurgaon Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...

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established in 2009. Trehan has been president of the International Society for Minimally Invasive

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. As chairman of Global Health Private Ltd., Trehan has overseen the building of an integrated health care facility in

, India, currently referred to as Medanta - The Medicity. Medicity is spread across of land. Collaborating with

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and other financial partners, Medicity combines modern medicine with

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and holistic therapies.

Biography

His mother was a gynaecologist and father was an ENT specialist, both of them practised in

Lyallpur Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...

until the

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his family belonged to Sri Hargobindpur,

Batala Batala is the eighth largest city in the state of Punjab, India in terms of population after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Bathinda, Mohali and Hoshiarpur. Batala ranks as the second-oldest city after Bathinda. It is a municipal corpo ...

He was born left-handed but due to stigma, his Hindi tutor broke his left hand to force Trehan to write with the right hand. In September 1969 he married and moved to USA in November. They have two daughters. His wife,

Madhu Trehan Madhu Purie Trehan (born 1940s) is an Indian journalist. She is also the co-founder and editor-in-chief of a digital media portal called ''Newslaundry''. Education Trehan studied at Welham Girls' School in Dehradun, graduating in 1962. In 1968 ...

, is a journalist and writer.

Honors

Award by President of India in recognition of distinguished service in the field of Cardiology Medicine in 2001. *

Padma Shri Award Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred ...

by President of India in recognition of distinguished service in the field of Surgery in 1991. * Dr. B. C. Roy Award from the

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in 2002. *

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magazine ranked him #35th in India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list.

References

External links

Exclusive Interview with Doctor Naresh TrehanDr Naresh Trehan ProfileDr Naresh Tehran's Awards, Education & Qualification
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