Dr. Naresh Trehan
Chairman, Managing Director and Chief Cardiac Surgeon
Diplomate - American Board Of Thoracic Surgery · Diplomate - American Board Of Surgery · Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery Training And Faculty Tenure - New York University Medical Center USA · Advanced Surgical Training - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Philadelphia USA · MBBS - King George’s Medical College · University Of Lucknow
- Experience57+ years
- HospitalMedanta
- Gurugram, near Delhi
Padma Shri (1991), Padma Bhushan (2001), Dr. B. C. Roy National Award (2005)
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About Dr. Naresh Trehan
- 01Founder of Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, and Medanta – The Medicity, institutions that have helped advance specialised cardiac and multidisciplinary care in India
- 02One of India’s foremost cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeons, with more than five decades of experience and over 48,000 open-heart surgeries performed
- 03Recipient of the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan, with a longstanding contribution to cardiac surgery, clinical training and institution-building
Specialisation and expertise
- Coronary artery disease, including coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), off-pump and beating-heart surgery
- Heart valve disease, including valve repair and replacement
- Aortic disease and aneurysms requiring cardiac surgery
- Complex and high-risk cardiac conditions, including redo cardiac surgery
- Minimally invasive and robotically assisted cardiac surgery
- Advanced cardiac surgery, including heart transplantation and other complex cardiovascular procedures
Awards and milestones
- 1991 Padma Shri
- 2001 Padma Bhushan
- 2001 AMA Physician’s Recognition Award
- 2002 Honorary Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- 2005 Dr. B. C. Roy National Award
- 2006 Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award
- 1991 Honorary Surgeon to the President of India since
- 2024 Honoured as one of the Seven Legends in Heart Surgery by the International Congress of Cardiac Surgery
Profile details from Medanta's official doctor profile, checked October 2026. Hospital profile
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Dr. Naresh Trehan practises at Medanta in Gurugram, near Delhi, a hospital accredited by both JCI and NABH.
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