Name Naresh Trehan Nationality Indian Role Surgeon | Occupation Surgeon Website www.drnareshtrehan.com | |
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Born August 12, 1946 (age 77) ( 1946-08-12 ) British India Alma mater King George's Medical CollegeAmerican Board of SurgeryAmerican Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery Awards Padma ShriPadma BhushanLal Bahadur Shastri National Award Education King George's Medical University | ||
Dr naresh trehan
Dr Naresh Trehan is an Indian cardiovascular 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. After a successful career in the US, he returned to India and started Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre. At present, he serves as the chairman and managing director and chief cardiac surgeon of MedantaTM-The Medicity. He has served as personal surgeon to the President of India since 1991, has received numerous awards, including the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award.
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- Dr naresh trehan
- Dr Naresh Trehan CMD Medanta on Why He Built Medanta
- Education and career
- Biography
- Honors
- References
Dr. Naresh Trehan, CMD, Medanta, on Why He Built Medanta
Education and career
In 1963 he 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 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.
Trehan was the founder, executive director and chief cardiovascular surgeon of Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center (EHIRC), which opened on Okhla Road, Delhi in 1988. Presently, Trehan is the Founder Chairman of Medanta - The Medicity one of the largest multi-specialty hospital at Gurgaon, Haryana established in 2009. Trehan has been president of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery.
As chairman of Global Health Private Ltd., Trehan is overseeing the building of an integrated health care facility in Gurugram, India, currently referred to as MediCity. MediCity will spread across 43 acres (170,000 m2) of land. Collaborating with Siemens and other financial partners, MediCity aims to combine modern medicine with traditional medicine and holistic therapies.
Biography
His mother was a gynaecologist and father was an ENT specialist, both of them practised in Lyallpur until the partition of India His family belonged to Sri Hagobindpur,Batala
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.
He first met his wife when she was just 16 and fell in love. In September 1969 the 2 married and moved to USA in November. They have two daughters. His wife, Madhu Trehan, is a journalist and writer.