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Dr Naresh Trehan
Cardiothoracic surgeon who founded Medanta - The Medicity (2009) and earlier the Escorts Heart Institute (1988), and now serves as Medanta's Chairman and Managing Director. He trained and was on faculty at NYU Medical Center in the US, and Medanta credits him with over 48,000 open-heart operations.
Medically reviewed by The Curaventa Team · Last updated 2026-10-24
At a glance
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Procedures performed
- CABG (including off-pump/beating-heart)
- Heart valve repair and replacement
- Aortic surgery
- Redo cardiac surgery
- Robotic-assisted cardiac surgery
- Heart transplant
Special interests
- Coronary artery disease
- Heart valve disease
- Aortic aneurysm and aortic disease
- Minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery
- High-risk and complex cardiac surgery
- Heart transplantation
Experience in numbers
- 'over 48,000' open-heart surgeries as stated by Medanta
Roles
- Chairman & Managing Director, Chief Cardiac Surgeon – Medanta - The Medicity, Gurugram
- Faculty member – New York University Medical Center, USA
- Founder – Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre (1988)
- Honorary Surgeon to the President of India (1991)
- Former President – International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
Education and training
- MBBS – King George's Medical College, University of Lucknow
- Thoracic and cardiac surgery training and faculty tenure – New York University Medical Center, USA
- Advanced surgical training – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA
- Diplomate, American Board of Thoracic Surgery
- Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
Awards and highlights
- Padma Shri (1991)
- Padma Bhushan (2001)
- AMA Physician's Recognition Award (2001)
- Dr B. C. Roy National Award (2005)
- Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award (2006)
- Named one of 'Seven Legends in Heart Surgery', International Congress of Cardiac Surgery (2024)
Professional memberships
- Honorary Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (2002)
- Fellow, American Society of Angiology
- Fellow, Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons
Hospital: Medanta - The Medicity
Sources
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