Dr. Z S Meharwal

Cardiology

Dr. Z.S Meharwal is a leading and renowned Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgeon who is presently available in India. He is presently working as the Director and Coordinator of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Z.S Meharwal is also part of the founding team of Doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. He has more than 29 years of experience in cardiac surgery, with more than 20,000 successful surgeries in his career. He performs some of the most complex procedures Heart transplant, LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device), TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation).

Dr. ZS Meharwal was actively involved in teaching and training. He is also the program director of DNB Cardiothoracic surgery at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. He has also received many awards for his contribution in the field of Cardiac and Thoracic surgery. Dr. Meharwal has also served as the chief consultant of the Cardiac surgery department at King College Hospital in London, the UK, from the year 1993 to 1997.
Specialization:
• Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
• Heart transplant
• Surgery of ascending aortic aneurysms and dissections
• Valve repair and replacement
• Carotid endarterectomy
• Major vascular surgery
• Surgery for heart failure
• CABG in patients with poor ventricular function
Qualifications:
• MBBS from King George Medical College, Lucknow in 1988
• MS (General Surgery) from King George Medical College, Lucknow
• M.Ch Cardiothoracic Surgery from King George Medical College, Lucknow in 1992
Memberships & Fellowships
• Member of Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic surgeons
• Member of Asian Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgery
• Member of Cardiological Society of India
Awards & Achievements
• Citation award by the president of India on the occasion of International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery meeting 2002
• Saharanpur Aditya Samman by Up govt for contribution in the medical field
• Limca book of records-2008 for performing coronary artery bypass surgery on a 94-year-old individual.