Gopal Bhatnagar

Gopal Bhatnagar is an Indo-Canadian cardiac surgeon and health administrator based in Toronto, Canada. Bhatnagar is currently the Head of Cardiovascular Surgery and Chief of Staff of Trillium Health Centre. He is a practitioner of minimally invasive cardiac surgery, the most recent evolution to ‘beating heart’ surgery.

Bhatnagar obtained his MD at the University of Western Ontario in 1986 and was on the Dean's Honour List. He is certified in 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 M.Ed. from OISE at the University of Toronto. In the past he was a cardiac surgeon at Sunnybrook & Women's Health Sciences Centre as well as University of Toronto. Bhatnagar is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.