Dr. Z S MEHARWAL – TOP CARDIAC THORACIC SURGEON IN INDIA

  • Dr. Z. S. Meharwal is a leading Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon in India presently working as Director and Coordinator of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Z. S. Meharwal is part of the founding team of Doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute.  
  • Dr. Z. S. Meharwal has done more than 29 years of experience in cardiac surgery with over 20,000 surgeries successfully in his career, including complex cardiac procedures like Robotic Cardiac Surgery, Heart Transplant, LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device), TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation), Port Access Cardiac Surgery, Multi-vessel coronary artery bypass surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Mitral valve replacement(MVR), Aortic valve replacement(AVR). 
  • Dr. Z.S.Meharwal has been actively involved in teaching and training. He is also the Programme Director of DNB Cardiothoracic Surgery at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. Dr. Meharwal has received many awards including the President Award for his contribution to the field of Cardiac Surgery.

 

Qualifications:

  • MBBS - King George Medical College, Lucknow - 1988
  • MS - General Surgery - King George Medical College, Lucknow - 1990
  • M.Ch - Cardiothoracic Surgery - King George Medical College, Lucknow - 1992

Experience:

  • King George Medical College, Lucknow from 1982-1988
  • G B Pant Hospital, Delhi from 1988-1989
  • International
  • Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, King College Hospital, London, UK from 1993-1997

Fellowship / Membership:

  • Member - Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons
  • Member - Cardiological Society of India
  • Member - Asian Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Awards and achievements:

  • Citation Award by President of India Sri APJ Abdul Kalam on the occasion of International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Meeting - 2002.
  • Listed in Marquis who is who in the world 2005
  • Saharanpur Aditya Samman-by Govt of UP for contribution in Medical Field - 2005
  • Limca Book of Records-2008 for performing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery on a 94-year-old man who is the oldest patient to undergo CABG

 

Specialisation:

  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
  • Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
  • Heart Transplant 
  • 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
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