Career Story of Dr. Naresh Trehan, the Spirited Surgeon
“A doctor should be a beast at work and benign person outside. People trust their lives in your hands, and you have to be demanding and compulsive to live up to that trust.” — Naresh Trehan Dr. Naresh Trehan is one of the most celebrated cardiovascular surgeons in India. He returned to India in 1988 after a fulfilling career in USA, and has since been phenomenal in taking the field of medicine to the next level in terms of treatment, training and research. Since 1991, Trehan has also served as the personal surgeon to the President of India. There are various aspects about Trehan’s childhood and teenage that are not related to medicine, but have surely fuelled his competitiveness and creativity in that field. These include the time when Trehan used to be forced to write with his right hand, despite being left-handed. This ambidexterity went on to become one of his greatest strengths as a surgeon. Used to Love Creating Things and Working with Hands since Childhood ...