Gopal Bhatnagar is an Indo-Canadian cardiac surgeon based in Toronto, Canada. Bhatnagar is the Head of Cardiovascular Surgery unit at the Trillium Health Centre, which he himself established in 2000. In 2004, he led the team that performed the first cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in Canada. In 2012, Dr. Bhatnagar founded 180 Smoke, a company that provides harm reduction tools like e-cigarettes, e-juice, e-cigars and portable e-hookahs. His best advice "Don't Smoke! And if you do, do everything to stop it!" (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. He continues to contribute to medical research and education.