Nationality Canadian Employer Trillium Health Centre | Name Gopal Bhatnagar Residence Toronto, Canada | |
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Known for Beating heart surgery, Combustion Elimination & Tobacco Harm Reduction Website http://www.180smoke.com , http://www.180smoke.ca , http://www.180smoke.nl , http://trilliumhealthpartners.ca/ Education Doctor of Medicine, Master of Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto | ||
Spotlight Episode 18 (S2) - Talking health with Dr. Gopal Bhatnagar, Cardiovascular Surgeon
Gopal Bhatnagar is a Canadian cardiac surgeon, Entrepreneur and Public Health Advocate based in Toronto, Canada. Bhatnagar is the Head of Cardiovascular Surgery unit at the Trillium Health Centre, which he himself established in 2000. He teaches part-time at the University of Toronto and contributes to medical research. In 2012, Bhatnagar co-founded 180 Smoke, a company that sells electronic cigarettes.
Contents
- Spotlight Episode 18 S2 Talking health with Dr Gopal Bhatnagar Cardiovascular Surgeon
- Body Building
- Awards
- 180 Smoke Vape Store
- References
He was the Chief of Staff at the Trillium Hospital from 2005 to March 2013. He is a practitioner of beating heart surgery and one of a few surgeons in North America to perform minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
Body Building
Bhatnagar is a body builder and competes yearly in Exhibition Body Building. Bhatnagar was the Grandmaster at the 2014 UFE Body Building Competition.
Awards
In September 2009, the New York weekly newspaper India Abroad included Bhatnagar in its Power List of the 30 most influential Canadians of Indian descent.
He is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. On March 8, 2013, Trillium Health Partners announced the endowment of the Dr. Gopal Bhatnagar Chair in Cardiac Health System Leadership to honour his services to the medical profession and the Trillium Health Centre.
180 Smoke Vape Store
180 Smoke Vape Store is a Canadian electronic cigarette company selling e-cigarettes and related accessories. It is a crowd-sourced company, co-founded by Gopal Bhatnagar, Boris Giller and Ashutosh Jha.
Gopal Bhatnagar says vaping is safer than smoking. Bhatnagar says there is no solid evidence that vaping is effective for quitting smoking. In 2016, the 180 Smoke Vape Store made an effort to switch 25,000 cigarette smokers to vaping.