Dr Naresh Trehan
Diplomate American Board of Surgery & Cardiothoracic Surgery President of Minimal Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Chief Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
Dr Trehan is the most prominent Heart Surgeon in India. He has won just about every award India gives for citizenship and service. He has operated on almost every major political figure or businessman and he counts many of them as friends. -
Current Appointments
Chief Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
Appointed as Personal Surgeon to the President of India with effect from 04.06.1991.
Appointed as Honorary Consultant to the Cromwell Hospital, London, U.K., with effect from March 1994.
Past Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor of Surgery, New York University Medical Centre, New York, U.S.A., 1981-1988.
Clinical Instructor of Surgery, New York University Medical Centre, New York, U.S.A., 1971-1974
Teaching Assistant of Surgery, New York University Medical Centre, New York, U.S.A., 1971-1974
Past Staff Appointments
Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, New York University Medical Centre, New York, U.S.A., 1979-1988.
Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Consultant, Bellevue Hospital of the City of New York, U.S.A.
Chief Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital (Manhattan), U.S.A.
Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, New York Infirmary-Beekman-Downtown Hospital, New York, U.S.A., 1979-1988.
Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St.Vincent's Hospital and Medical Centre, New York, U.S.A., 1979-1988.
Professional Experience
After training in general surgery and subsequently cardiac surgery at premier institutions in U.S., Dr Trehan held important academic and clinical positions at the New York University Medical Centre, Bellevue Hospital of the City of the New York and Veterans Administration Hospital (Manhattan), U.S.A.
His pioneering work in the field of coronary artery bypass surgery was at the New York University Medical Centre, New York, USA, where he performed over 3000 coronary artery operations.
In 1988 at the height of his career he left this academic and highly lucrative position and started Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre - a pioneering state-of-the-art heart institute in India. . Within a span of 14 years this Centre has become an important land mark the world over in cardiac surgery and cardiology having successfully performed over 30,000 open heart surgeries which includes surgeries of coronary artery, valves, carotid arteries, aortic aneurysm, cardiomyoplasty, cardiac arrhythmias, total arterial myocardial revascularization, transmyocardial laser revascularisation and least invasive coronary artery surgery on a beating heart and reduction ventriculoplasty (Batista Operation) with excellent results. Some of these operations have been performed by him for the first time in India.
Besides clinical work he has taken keen interest in training, education and research programmes. He is giving doctoral training of international standards to 30 surgeons at a point of time in the institute. The training is for a period of 3 years. Over 20 surgeons have already been trained so far. He has established a comprehensive research programme to constantly monitor the data accumulated on a daily basis from each patient. He has presented a number of scientific papers and chaired scientific sessions in national and international conferences in USA, UK, Japan, China, Israel and the far East.
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