Dr. Z. S. Meharwal

Executive Director & Head- Cardio Thoracic Vascular Surgery

Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla, New Delhi

Dr. Z.S. Meharwal is a renowned cardiac surgeon having 27 years of experience in cardiac surgery. He has performed over 30,000 surgeries, including complex heart operations and Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD). He is a pioneer in many new cardiac operations in India.

Dr. Meharwal 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 centers.

He has also been invited to several national and international meetings as faculty and has more than 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals to his credit. He is among a few cardiac surgeons performing heart transplantation and ventricular assist device implantation.

Speciality

Cardiac Surgery

Education

MBBS - University of Lucknow, 1982
MS - General Surgery - University of Lucknow, 1985
MCh - Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery - University of Lucknow, 1987

Areas of Expertise

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Surgery of Ascending Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections
Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Valve Repair and Replacement
Major Vascular Surgery
Cabg in Patients With Poor Ventricular Function
Carotid Endarterectomy
Surgery for Heart Failure, Including Heart Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Devices

Working

Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla, New Delhi

Awards And Honours

Citation Award by President of India Sri APJ Abdul Kalam - 2002
Listed in Marquis Who is Who in the World - 2005
Saharanpur Aditya Samman by Govt of UP for contribution in Medical Field - 2005
Entered into Limca Book of Records for performing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery on a 94-year-old man who is the oldest patient to undergo CABG - 2008

Memberships

Delhi Medical Council
Cardiological Society of India
Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons
Asian Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Society of Thoracic Surgeons