Gopal Bhatnagar

Gopal Bhatnagar
Residence Toronto, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Education MD, University of Western Ontario; MEd, OISE, University of Toronto
Employer Trillium Health Centre
Known for Beating heart surgery, Combustion Elimination & Tobacco Harm Reduction
Website http://www.180smoke.com , http://www.180smoke.ca , http://www.180smoke.nl , http://trilliumhealthpartners.ca/

Gopal Bhatnagar is a Canadian cardiac surgeon, Entrepreneur and Public Health Advocate based in Toronto, Canada.[1] Bhatnagar is the Head of Cardiovascular Surgery unit[2] at the Trillium Health Centre, which he himself established in 2000.[3] He teaches part-time at the University of Toronto and contributes to medical research.[4][5] In 2012, Dr. Bhatnagar founded 180 Smoke, a company that provides harm reduction tools like e-vaporizers and e-cigarettes for smokers of all type.[6] [7][8] His best advice "Don't Smoke! And if you do, do everything to stop it!"[9] (CTV National News)

He was the Chief of Staff at the Trillium Hospital from 2005 to March 2013. He is a practitioner of beating heart surgery and one of a few surgeons in North America to perform minimally invasive cardiac surgery.[10][11][12] He continues to contribute to medical research and education.[13][14]

Education & Early Career

Bhatnagar obtained his M.D. at the University of Western Ontario[15] in 1986 and was on the Dean's Honour List. He holds fellowship in general surgery, thoracic surgery and cardiac surgery with both the American Board of Surgery and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. In 1999, Bhatnagar also obtained a Master of Education from OISE at the University of Toronto. In the past he was a cardiac surgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre as well as the University of Toronto. Bhatnagar grew up in St. Thomas, Ontario.

Canadian Forces

From 1978-1982, he served with the Canadian armed reserved forces and with the regular standing forces for another year, as part of the medical corps.

Teaching

Bhatnagar has been teaching as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto since 2009.[16]

Body Building

Bhatnagar is a body builder and competes yearly in Exhibition Body Building. Bhatnagar was the Grandmaster at the 2014 UFE Body Building Competition.[17]

Awards

In September 2009, the New York weekly newspaper India Abroad included Bhatnagar in its Power List of the 30 most influential Canadians of Indian descent.[18]

He is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.[19] On March 8, 2013, Trillium Health Partners announced the endowment of the Dr. Gopal Bhatnagar Chair in Cardiac Health System Leadership to honour his services to the medical profession and the Trillium Health Centre.[20]

180 Smoke VAPE STORE - Vaporizers, Electronic Cigarette & E Juice

After 6 months of extensive study of available science, Bhatnagar co-founded 180 Smoke Electronic Cigarette, a company dedicated to helping eradicate tobacco and herb smoking with Vaping, a harm reduction method. On November 6th, 2014, Dr. Bhatnagar made a presentation[21] to Government of Canada's Standing Committee on Health that studied e-cigarettes and reported its study[22] and recommendation on how to regulate electronic cigarette in Canada.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Trillium Hospital". Trillium Foundation.
  2. ↑ "Trillium board, executive teams give $1.5 million". Mississauga News. Nov 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Meet our Cardiac Care Champions - Trillium Health Centre Foundation". Trilliumgiving.ca. 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  4. ↑ "research gate - dr. gopal bhatnagar". ResearchGate.
  5. ↑ "academia.edu - dr. gopal bhatnagar". academia.edu.
  6. ↑ "Vaping The Battle for Acceptance". The Star. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "About Electronic Cigarette". 180 Smoke Canada. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "About 180 Smoke". 180 Smoke USA. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Liquid Nicotine". CTV National News. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Dr. Gopal Bhatnagar". Trillium Health Centre Foundation.
  11. ↑ "Can you teach an old doc new tricks?". National Review of Medicine.
  12. ↑ "Trillium Health Centre Launches Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery". Trillium Health Centre.
  13. ↑ "Google Scholar Search on Dr. Gopal Bhatnagar". Google Scholar.
  14. ↑ "ATPase activity and force production in myofibrils and twitch characteristics in intact muscle from neonatal, adult, and senescent rat myocardium". Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Volume 16, Issue 3, March 1984, Pages 203–218. National Institutes of Health.
  15. ↑ . LinkedIn http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/gopal-bhatnagar/33/780/180. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ . Linked In - Gopal Bhatnagar https://www.linkedin.com/pub/gopal-bhatnagar/33/780/180. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ "Grand master Body Building Winner 2014".
  18. ↑ "India Abroad - August 2009". Indiaabroad-digital.com. Retrieved 2013-03-31.(subscription required)
  19. ↑ "QE-II Diamond Jubilee Medals". Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce.
  20. ↑ "Trillium Health Partners Celebrates The Careers of Outgoing Chiefs".
  21. ↑ "E-Cigarette Presentation to HESA Health Committee".
  22. ↑ "Committee on Health (HESA) report on Vaping and e-cigarettes".
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