Dr. Naresh Trehan is a cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeon, healthcare entrepreneur and founder of Medanta. After an extensive medical career in the United States and leadership at Escorts Heart Institute, he established Medanta to create an advanced multi-specialty healthcare institution in India. The organization has subsequently expanded into a multi-city hospital network providing tertiary and quaternary care across cardiac sciences, oncology, neurosciences, transplantation, orthopaedics and other specialties.
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