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Naresh Trehan

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Naresh Trehan
Trehan at the World Economic Forum on India 2012
Born(1945-08-12)12 August 1945(age 78)
Batala,Punjab,British India
Alma materKing George's Medical College(MBBS)
OccupationCardiac surgeon
Known forFounder ofMedanta
SpouseMadhu Trehan
ChildrenShyel Trehan, Shonan Trehan
AwardsPadma Shri
Padma Bhushan
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award
Dr. B. C. Roy Award
Websitewww.drnareshtrehan.com

Naresh Trehan(born 12 August 1945) is an Indiancardiovascularandcardiothoracicsurgeon.[1][2]After graduating fromKing George's Medical University,Lucknow,India, he went on to practice atNew York University Medical Center,Manhattan,USA from 1971 to 1988. He returned to India and started Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre.[3]He serves as the chairman and managing director and chief cardiac surgeon ofMedanta™-The Medicity. He has served as personal surgeon to thePresident of Indiasince 1991, has received numerous awards, including thePadma Shri,Padma Bhushan,Lal Bahadur Shastri National AwardandDr. B. C. Roy Award.

Education and career[edit]

In 1963 Dr. Trehan got admission inKing George's Medical Collegein Lucknow.[4]In November 1969 he moved to USA and became a first-year resident at theThomas Jefferson University Hospitalin Philadelphia.[4]

Trehan was the founder, director and chiefcardiovascular surgeonof Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center (EHIRC), which opened on Okhla Road,Delhiin 1988.[5]Presently, Trehan is the Founder Chairman ofMedanta- The Medicity one of the largest multi-specialty hospital atGurgaon,Haryanaestablished in 2009.[6]Trehan has been president of the International Society for Minimally InvasiveCardiac Surgery.

As chairman of Global Health Private Ltd., Trehan has overseen the building of an integrated health care facility inGurgaon,India, currently referred to as Medanta - The Medicity. Medicity is spread across 43 acres (170,000 m2) of land. Collaborating withSiemensand other financial partners, Medicity combines modern medicine withtraditional medicineandholistic therapies.[7]

Biography[edit]

His mother was a gynaecologist and father was an ENT specialist, both of them practised inLyallpuruntil thepartition of Indiahis family belonged to Sri Hargobindapur,Batala[4]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.[4]In September 1969 he married and moved to USA in November.[4]They have two daughters Shyel and Shonan. Shyel is a lawyer married to Pankaj Sahni, who's the CEO ofMedanta.His wife,Madhu Trehan,is a journalist and writer.[8]

Honors[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Naresh Trehan plans to expand hospital business, open drug stores - Economic Times".Archived fromthe originalon 9 January 2015.Retrieved1 December2014.
  2. ^"डॉ. नरेश त्रेहन की सफलता के मंत्र".Hindustan(in Hindi).Retrieved22 January2013.
  3. ^"Dr. Naresh Trehan | TiE Delhi-NCR".Archived fromthe originalon 7 October 2013.Retrieved5 October2013.
  4. ^abcde"How Naresh Trehan became one of India's most influential doctor-businessmen".
  5. ^"Fortis claims Trehan exits Escorts Institute".The Economic Times.
  6. ^"Magic of Medanta".Financial Express. 19 July 2010.Retrieved23 April2013.
  7. ^MediConnect Closes Major Funding Round, Adds Key Members to Its Board of Directors
  8. ^"Naresh Trehan... Straight from the heart | undefined News - Times of India".The Times of India.5 May 2002.
  9. ^"Dr Naresh Trehan - Chairman, Medicity (Global Health PVT. LTD.)".Archived fromthe originalon 6 March 2017.Retrieved5 October2013.
  10. ^"Padma Awards"(PDF).Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015.Retrieved21 July2015.
  11. ^"B.C. Roy awards for 55 doctors".The Hindu.2 July 2008.Retrieved12 June2015.
  12. ^"India's 50 powerful people".India Today.14 April 2017.

External links[edit]

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