Dr. Naresh Trehan

Chairman & Managing Director
Medanta Group of Hospitals
Dr. Naresh Trehan, an Indian national, is a world-renowned Cardiovascular and Cardiothoracic surgeon. A graduate from King George Medical College, he subsequently trained and practiced at New York University Medical Center Manhattan USA (1971 to 1988) where he obtained a Diplomat from the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Dr. Trehan is the Chairman and Managing Director of Medanta Group of Hospitals (“Global Health Limited”). A network of five multi-super-specialty hospitals in the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand – over 3,500 hospital beds and 30+ medical super-specialties – deliver the highest quality of treatment using cutting-edge technology and infrastructure at an affordable cost. The Institute is governed by the guiding principles of providing the highest end of healthcare services to patients with care, compassion and commitment.

He earlier founded the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre where he was the Executive Director from November 1987 to May 2007.

Dr. Naresh Trehan has received many prestigious awards, including the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shree, presented by the Government of India, “Seven Wise Coronary Surgeons of the Golden Era of the 90's" by the International Congress of Cardiac Surgery Award.

He was the President of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (ISMICS), Minneapolis, USA 2004-05, and has also received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from three prestigious universities.