Naresh Trehan

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{{Short description|Indian cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeon}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Naresh Trehan
| image = Naresh Trehan at the World Economic Forum on India 2012.jpg
| caption = Trehan at the World Economic Forum on India 2012
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1945|08|12}}
| birth_place = [[Batala]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| alma_mater = [[King George's Medical University|King George's Medical College]] ([[MBBS]])
| occupation = [[Cardiac surgeon]]
| known_for = Founder of [[Medanta]]
| spouse = [[Madhu Trehan]]
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Padma Bhushan]]<br>[[Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award]]<br>[[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.drnareshtrehan.com/}}
}}

'''Naresh Trehan''' (born 12 August 1946) is an Indian [[cardiovascular]] and [[cardiothoracic]] surgeon.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-02/news/53479993_1_hospital-business-hospital-operator-naresh-trehan |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109225437/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-02/news/53479993_1_hospital-business-hospital-operator-naresh-trehan |archive-date=9 January 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/news/article/article1-story-301120.html|title= डॉ. नरेश त्रेहन की सफलता के मंत्र|website= Hindustan|language=hi |access-date=2013-01-22}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://delhi.tie.org/speaker/17/dr-naresh-trehan |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007014826/https://delhi.tie.org/speaker/17/dr-naresh-trehan |archive-date=7 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He serves as the chairman and managing director and chief cardiac surgeon of [[Medanta]]™-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]], [[Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award]] and [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]].

==Education and career==
In 1963 Dr. Trehan got admission in [[King George's Medical College]] in Lucknow.<ref name="caravanmagazine.in">{{Cite web|url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/naresh-trehan-medanta-private-practice|title = How Naresh Trehan became one of India's most influential doctor-businessmen}}</ref> In November 1969 he moved to USA and became a first-year resident at the [[Thomas Jefferson University Hospital]] in Philadelphia.<ref name="caravanmagazine.in"/>

Trehan was the founder,
director and chief [[Cardiothoracic surgery|cardiovascular surgeon]] of Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center (EHIRC), which opened on Okhla Road, [[Delhi]] in 1988.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/fortis-claims-trehan-exits-escorts-institute/articleshow/2060865.cms?from=mdr|title=Fortis claims Trehan exits Escorts Institute|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref> Presently, Trehan is the Founder Chairman of [[Medanta]] - The Medicity one of the largest multi-specialty hospital at [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]] established in 2009.<ref name=fin>{{cite news |title=Magic of Medanta |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/magic-of-medanta/648319/0 |publisher=Financial Express |date=19 July 2010 |access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref> Trehan has been president of the International Society for Minimally Invasive [[Cardiac surgery|Cardiac Surgery]].

As chairman of Global Health Private Ltd., Trehan has overseen the building of an integrated health care facility in [[Gurgaon]], India, currently referred to as Medanta - The Medicity. Medicity is spread across {{convert|43|acre|m2}} of land. Collaborating with [[Siemens]] and other financial partners, Medicity combines modern medicine with [[traditional medicine]] and [[alternative medicine|holistic therapies]].<ref>[http://www.mediconnect.net/media/press/press_release.asp?prid=53 MediConnect Closes Major Funding Round, Adds Key Members to Its Board of Directors]</ref>

==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 Hargobindpur, [[Batala]]<ref name="caravanmagazine.in"/> 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.<ref name="caravanmagazine.in"/> In September 1969 the 2 married and moved to USA in November.<ref name="caravanmagazine.in"/> They have two daughters. His wife, [[Madhu Trehan]], is a journalist and writer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi-times/Naresh-Trehan--straight-from-the-heart/articleshow/8900702.cms|title=Naresh Trehan... Straight from the heart | undefined News - Times of India}}</ref>

==Honors==
*[[Padma Bhushan]] Award by President of India in recognition of distinguished service in the field of Cardiology Medicine in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://usaindiachamber.org/naresh.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306232826/http://www.usaindiachamber.org/naresh.shtml |archive-date=6 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Padma Shri Award]] by President of India in recognition of distinguished service in the field of Surgery in 1991.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] from the [[Medical Council of India]] in 2002.<ref name="B.C. Roy awards for 55 doctors">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/bc-roy-awards-for-55-doctors/article1288575.ece | title=B.C. Roy awards for 55 doctors | work=The Hindu | date=2 July 2008 | access-date=12 June 2015}}</ref>
* [[India Today]] magazine ranked him #35th in India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list.<ref>{{cite news|title=India's 50 powerful people|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-top-50-powerful-indians-mukesh-ambani-ratan-tata-kumar-mangalam-birla-gautam-adani-anand-mahindra-srk-amitabh-bacchan/1/928939.html|publisher=[[India Today]]|date=14 April 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110718075536/http://www.wonderdoctor.com/videoplay.php?v_id=interview-with-dr.naresh-trehan Exclusive Interview with Doctor Naresh Trehan]
*[https://www.credihealth.com/doctor/naresh-trehan-cardiac-surgeon/overview Dr Naresh Trehan Profile]
*[https://docprime.com/dr-naresh-trehan-cardiothoracic-and-vascular-surgeon-ctvs-in-sector-38-gurgaon-dpp Dr Naresh Tehran's Awards, Education & Qualification]

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[[Category:Scientists from Lucknow]]
[[Category:King George's Medical University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Lucknow alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century surgeons]]

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