Gopal Bhatnagar
{{short description|Canadian cardiac surgeon based in Toronto, Canada}}
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| education = MD, University of Western Ontario; MEd, OISE, University of Toronto
| alma_mater = University of Western Ontario
| employer = Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
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Gopal Bhatnagar is a Canadian cardiac surgeon based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.{{cite web|title=Trillium Hospital|url=http://www.trilliumgiving.ca/page.aspx?pid=323|publisher=Trillium Foundation}} Bhatnagar previously headed the cardiovascular surgery unit{{cite news|title=Trillium board, executive teams give $1.5 million|url=http://www.mississauga.com/community/article/1248823--trillium-board-executive-teams-give-1-5-million|newspaper=Mississauga News|date=Nov 22, 2011}} at Trillium Health Centre{{cite web|url=http://www.trilliumgiving.ca/page.aspx?pid=296|title=Meet our Cardiac Care Champions - Trillium Health Centre Foundation|publisher=Trilliumgiving.ca|date=2013-03-27|accessdate=2013-03-31}} and served as Chief of Staff at Trillium Hospital from 2005 to March 2013. He is a practitioner of beating heart surgery and performs minimally invasive cardiac surgery.{{cite web|title=Dr. Gopal Bhatnagar|url=http://www.trilliumgiving.ca/page.aspx?pid=323|publisher=Trillium Health Centre Foundation}}{{cite web|title=Can you teach an old doc new tricks?|url=http://www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com/issue/2004_05_30/feature02_11.html|publisher=National Review of Medicine}}{{cite web|title=Trillium Health Centre Launches Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery|url=http://www.trilliumhealthcentre.org/programs_services/cardiac_services/mississauga/cardiacSurgery_beatingHeartSurgery.php|publisher=Trillium Health Centre}} Today he leads the Heart and Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. In his early life he lived in London, Ontario and joined the Canadian Armed Forces. He has competed in a couple of bodybuilding competitions and won his first, and placing second in his second.
Honors
On March 8, 2013, Trillium Health Partners announced the endowment of the Dr. Gopal Bhatnagar Chair in Cardiac Health System Leadership.{{cite news|title=Trillium Health Partners Celebrates The Careers of Outgoing Chiefs|url=http://trilliumhealthpartners.ca/newsroom/Pages/outgoing-chiefs-20130308.aspx}} He has also been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal as well as numerous other awards for his dedication to cardiovascular surgery.
E-cigarette company
Bhatnagar, along with Boris Giller and Ashutosh Jha, co-founded an electronic cigarette company called 180 Smoke Vape Store.{{cite news|title=E-Cigarettes Mainstream Enough for Toronto Main-Street (Yonge)|url=http://torontolife.com/city/e-cigarettes-on-yonge/|work=Toronto Life|date=30 June 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Buckner|first1=Dianne|title=New e-cigarette industry says regulations off the mark|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/new-e-cigarette-industry-says-regulations-off-the-mark-1.3024944|publisher=CBC News|date=9 April 2015}}{{cite news|title=Local e-cigarette shops wreathed in haze of regulatory uncertainty|work=Business In Vancouver|url=https://www.biv.com/article/2015/10/local-e-cigarette-shops-wreathed-haze-regulatory-u/|author=Nelson Bennett|date=20 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbb.org/kitchener/business-reviews/e-cigarettes/180-smoke-vape-store-in-toronto-on-1331479/reviews-and-complaints|title=Reviews & Complaints|publisher=Better Business Bureau – Accredited Business|date=30 September 2015}} In 2010, Bhatnagar claimed that vaping is safer than smoking.{{cite news|url=http://www.thespec.com/news-story/4475149-e-cigarettes-are-odourless-so-can-you-use-them-anywhere-/|title=E-cigarettes are odourless, so can you use them anywhere?|author=Joseph Hall|work=The Hamilton Spectator|date=21 April 2014}} Bhatnagar and his partners later sold 180 Smoke to Origin House, and he currently is pursuing other business opportunities, both in and out of the healthcare space.
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Category:Indian emigrants to Canada