Dr Naresh Trehan

Appoinments:
    * CMD Global Health Private Limited (Medicity)
    * Senior Consultant Cardiovascular Surgery at Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi from June 1, 2007 till Dec 31st 2009.
    * Executive Director and Chief Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, Okhla Road, New Delhi, from 1988 – 2007
    * Appointed as Personal Surgeon to the President of India with effect from June, 1991.
    * Appointed as Honorary Consultant to the Cromwell Hospital, London U.K., with effect from March, 1994.
    * Appointed as Honorary Visiting Professor, Cardiovascular Surgery, LPS Institute of Cardiology, Kanpur (U.P.) with effect from June, 1996.
    * Appointed as Honorary Consultant, Cardiothoracic Surgery, to the Armed Forces Medical Services, with effect from March, 1997.
    * Appointed as Honorary Visiting Professor of Surgery, Bangladesh Medical College, Dhaka with effect from April, 2000.

Past Academic Appoinments

    * Asstt. Professor of Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA, 1981-1988
    * Clinical Instructor in Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA, 1971-1974
    * Teaching Assistant in Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA, 1971-1974

Honours:
   1. PADMA BHUSHAN AWARD by President of India in recognition of distinguished service in the field of Medicine in 2001.
   2. PADMASHRI AWARD by President of India in recognition of distinguished service in the field of Surgery in 1991.
 
 
Past Staff Appointments:

    * Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, New York University Medical Center, 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 Center, New York, U.S.A., 1979-1988

 
Educational Qualifications:
    * M.B.B.S. K.G. Medical College Lucknow, 1968 U.P., India
    * Diplomat, American
    * Board of Surgery U.S.A 1977
    * Diplomate, American
    * Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery U.S.A. 1979
 
Professional Experience:
After training in general surgery and subsequently cardiac surgery at premier institutions in U.S. (NYU Medical Centre),  held important academic and clinical positions at the New York University Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital of the city of 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.
 
In 1988, despite a successful career in United States he returned to India and started Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre - a pioneering state-of-the-art heart institute in India. Within a short period this Centre became an important land mark the world over in cardiac surgery and cardiology having successfully performed over 48,000 open heart surgeries which includes surgeries of coronary artery, valves, carotid arteries, aortic aneurysm, cardiomyoplasty, cardiac arrhythmias, myocardial total arterial revascularization, transmyocardial laser revascularisation, least invasive coronary artery surgery on a beating heart, reduction ventriculoplasty (Batista Operation), heart port access surgery and robotically assisted cardiac surgery with excellent results. Some of these operations have been performed by Dr. Trehan for the first time in India.
 
Dr Trehan has also presented a number of scientific papers and chaired scientific sessions in national and international conferences in USA, UK, Japan, China, Israel and Far East countries.