Dr. Z S Meharwal

MBBS, MS, MCh, MNAMS

Executive Director & HOD – Cardiac Surgery / Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Surgery

Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla

PAST EXPERIENCE

• Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, King College Hospital, London, UK
• Completed MBBS, MS & MCh from King George’s Medical College, Lucknow

ABOUT

Dr. Z S Meharwal 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 30000 surgeries to his credit, including complex heart operations. He is a pioneer in many new cardiac operations in the country. Dr. Meharwal is amongst few cardiac surgeons performing heart transplantation and ventricular assist devices implantation. Dr. Meharwal 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 centers. Has been invited in national and international meetings as faculty and has published extensively in peer reviewed national and international journals. Dr. Meharwal has received many awards including President’s award for his contribution in the field of Cardiac Surgery.

He is a pioneer in many new cardiac operations in the country. Dr Meharwal is amongst few cardiac surgeons performing heart transplantation and ventricular assist devices implantation. Dr Meharwal 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.

Has been invited in national and international meetings as faculty and has published extensively in peer reviewed national and international journals. Dr Meharwal has received many awards including President’s award for his contribution in the field of Cardiac Surgery

EXPERTISE

• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
• 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