Dr. Z.S. Meharwal

Designation: Executive Director & Head – Adult Cardiac Surgery, Heart Transplantation & VAD Program
Hospital: Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla, New Delhi
Qualification: MCh (Cardiothoracic Surgery), MS, MNAMS, MBBS (KGMC, Lucknow)

Past Experience

  • Worked as Director and Coordinator, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute.
  • Worked as Director, Cardiac Surgery at Escorts Heart Institute Research Centre Limited.
  • Worked as Consultant, Cardiac Surgery at prestigious King’s College Hospital in London.

About Dr. Z.S. Meharwal

Dr. Z.S. Meharwal is an Executive Director & Head – Adult Cardiac Surgery, Heart Transplantation & VAD Program and is part of the founding team of doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute.

He has more than 30 years of experience in cardiac surgery with over 30,000 surgeries, including complex heart operations and Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD). He is a pioneer in many new cardiac operations in the country.

He has been actively involved with teaching and training. He is the Programme Director of DNB Cardiothoracic Surgery at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. He has trained many cardiac surgeons in India and abroad who are now independent cardiac surgeons at different centres.

He has been invited to national and international meetings as faculty and has published extensively in peer-reviewed national and international journals.

Dr. Meharwal has received many awards, including the President’s Award for his contribution to the field of Cardiac Surgery.

He is a member of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons, Cardiological Society of India, Asian Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, and International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery.

Dr. Meharwal was awarded the Citation Award by President of India Shri APJ Abdul Kalam on the occasion of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Meeting – 2002, Saharanpur Aditya Samman by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for contribution in the medical field – 2005, and entered into the Limca Book of Records – 2008 for performing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery on a 94-year-old man, who was the oldest patient to undergo CABG.

Expertise

  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
  • Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
  • Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
  • Surgery of Ascending Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections
  • Valve Repair and Replacement
  • Carotid Endarterectomy
  • CABG in Patients with Poor Ventricular Function
  • Major Vascular Surgery
  • Surgery for Heart Failure, including Heart Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Devices