About Dr. Z. S. Meharwal

Dr. Z. S. Meharwal is the Director and Coordinator of Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Meharwal, the Best Cardiovascular Surgeon of India is also a part of the founding team of Doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute in New Delhi. After completing his M.B.B.S, M.S (General Surgery) and M.Ch (Cardiothoracic Surgery) from King George Medical College, Lucknow, he has worked as a Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at the most prominent King's College Hospital, London. Dr. Meharwal has over 25 years of experience in cardiac surgery with more than 20,000 surgeries to his credit, including the complex cardiac procedures. He has been actively involved with teaching and training. Dr. Meharwal is also the Programme Director of DNB Cardiothoracic Surgery at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. He has also been invited in the national and international meetings as faculty. Dr. Meharwal, Best Surgeon in Fortis Escorts Delhi has over 40 publications in peer reviewed journals to his credit. The Top Cardiovascular Surgeon Dr. Meherwal of Escorts has been actively involved in social services and has been organizing free cardiac camps across the country. Dr. Meharwal has been delivering health talks to public and has received many awards, including the ‘President Award’ for his contribution in the field of Cardiac Surgery.

Dr. Z. S. Meharwal - Work Experience

• National
  • M.B.B.S. , M.S (General Surgery) and M.Ch (Cardiothoracic Surgery) from 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.

Dr. Z. S. Meharwal - Education & Training

• MBBS,King George’s Medical College, Lucknow from 1982-1988
• M.Ch (Cardiothoracic Surgery) from King George’s Medical College, Lucknow
• MS
• MNAMS

Awards

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

Membership

• 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.

Speciality Interest

• 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

Research Papers & Publications

• Meharwal ZS, Agarwal SK & Dubey PC: Intraoperative gram staining of bile for identification of biliary microflora as a guide to prevent postoperative septic complications after biliary Surgery, 1985. Thesis for M.S. (General Surgery: Lucknow University, 1985.
• Meharwal ZS, Kumar A and Sinha KN. Clinicopathological study of peripheral ischaemia due to arteritis. Thesis for M.Ch. (Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery): Lucknow University, 1987.
• Meharwal ZS, Sharma VK, Kohli VM and Trehan N. Endarterectomy as an adjunct to coronary artery bypass grafting: our experience. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1992; 8 (2): 88-91.
• Meharwal ZS, Kohli VM, Sharma VK, Trehan N and Mishra A. Composite graft replacement of ascending aorta and aortic valve. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1993; 9 (1): 21-25.

Location and Duration of OPD

• Fortis Memorial Research Institute , Gurgaon, India
• Monday – Saturday – 03:00 PM – 04:30 PM

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