Dr. Z S Meherwal

Director

42 Years of Experience

Cardiac Surgeon

MBBS, MS, M.Ch

Reg. No.:6592, Delhi Medical Council

Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla, New Delhi

English

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About Dr. Z S Meherwal

Dr. Z.S. Meharwal is an Executive Director and Head of the Cardiac Surgery, Heart Transplantation, and Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) program and is a part of the founding team of Doctors at FEHI.
With over 32 years of experience as a Cardiac Surgeon, he has performed over 30000 surgeries, including left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and complex heart surgeries.
He is a pioneer in many new cardiac surgeries in India.
He achieved his MBBS, MS, and MCh from King George Medical College, Lucknow.
He has been professionally associated with King College Hospital, London, UK, and G B Pant Hospital, Delhi.
He has been actively involved with training and teaching and is the Programme Director of DNB Cardiothoracic Surgery at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute.
Dr. Meharwal has trained many Indian and International cardiac surgeons who are now independent cardiac surgeons at different centers.
He has been invited to national and international meetings as a faculty and has published extensively in peer-reviewed national and international journals.
He has received several awards, including the President's Award, for his contribution to the field of cardiac surgery.
Dr. Meharwal has been awarded the Citation Award by President of India Sri APJ Abdul Kalam on the occasion of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Meeting (2002), and Saharanpur Aditya Samman by Govt of UP for contribution to the Medical Field (2005).
He entered into the 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.
He is a member of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons, the Cardiological Society of India, the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, and the Asian Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.

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Education

MBBS, University of Lucknow, 1982
MS, (General Surgery), University of Lucknow, 1985
MCh, (Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery), University of Lucknow, 1987
National Academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS)

Past Experience

Consultant, Cardiac Surgeon, King College Hospital, London, UK, 1997
Consultant, G B Pant Hospital, Delhi, 1989
Consultant, King George Medical College, Lucknow, 1988

Awards

Citation Award by President of India Sri APJ Abdul Kalam, 2002

Associations/Membership

Delhi Medical Council

Paper Published

Modified maze procedure using saline irrigated cooled tip radiofrequency for chronic atrial fibrillation in patients with mitral valve disease three year follow up study, 2007
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts Assessment at One YearNoninvasivesive Multislice Computed Tomography and Invasive Coronary Angiography, 2007
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts Assessment at One YearNoninvasivesive Multislice Computed Tomography and Invasive Coronary Angiography, 2007
Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Resection: 15 Years Experience, 2006
Predictors of operative mortality following primary coronary artery bypass surgery, 2006
Vascular complications of sheathless intra aortic balloon pump—Retrospective analysis of 200 patients, 2006
Coronary artery bypass grafts assessment by multislice CT angiography versus conventional coronary angiography at one year in multivessel CABG, 2006
A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial Of Multivessel Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) Versus Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass (C-CAB) Surgery: Clinical And Angiographic Outcomes At One Year, 2006
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts Assessment At One YearNoninvasivesive Multislice Computed, 2006
Comparison of Cardiac Output in OPCAB: Bolus Thermodilution Technique versus Pulse Contour Analysis, 2006
Evolution of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting over 15 Years: A Single-Institution Experience of 14,030 Cases, 2005
Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Ultrafast 16-Slice Computed Tomography Images and CT Angiography Versus Conventional Coronary Angiography at One Year in Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, 2005
Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Ultrafast 16Slice Computed Tomography Images and CT Angiography Versus Conventional Coronary Angiography at One Year in Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, 2005
Evolution of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting over 15 Years: A Single-Institution Experience of 14,030 Cases, 2005
A Comparative Study of Imaging Techniques in Aortic Dissection, DeBakey Type I: Intraoperative Live Three-Dimensional Epicardial Echocardiography, Multiplane Transesophageal Echocardiography, and Multislice Computed Tomography, 2005
A Comparative Study of Imaging Techniques in Aortic Dissection, DeBakey Type I: Intraoperative Live Three-Dimensional Epicardial Echocardiography, Multiplane Transesophageal Echocardiography, and Multislice Computed Tomography, 2005
Neurological Dysfunction in Elderly Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Operation, 2005
Concomitant Carotid Endarterectomy and Coronary Bypass Surgery: Outcome of On-Pump and Off-Pump Techniques, 2005
Trial finds off-pump coronary bypass surgery is safe as on-pump surgery for multivessel grafting, but may have lower graft patency at three months, 2005
Endocardial pulmonary vein isolation in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation using saline irrigated cooled tip radiofrequency (SICTRA) in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery, 2005
Mitral valve annuloplasty for mitral regurgitation in dilated cardiomyopathy with severe ventricular dysfunction, 2004
Surgical Treatment of Post Infarction Left Ventricular Aneurysms: Our Experience with Double Breasting and Dor's Repair, 2003
Hemodynamic changes during displacement of the beating heart using epicardial stabilization for off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery, 2003
Vascular complications of intra-aortic balloon insertion in patients undergoing coronary revascularization: Analysis of 911 cases, 2002
Safety and efficacy of one stage off-pump coronary artery operation and carotid endarterectomy, 2002
Vascular complications of prolonged intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in cardiac surgical patients, 2002
Aortocoronary bypass surgery and ascending aortic dissection: Letter 2, 2001
Is off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery safe for left central coronary artery stenosis, 2000
Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Cardiogenic Shock, 1993
Endarterectomy as an adjunct to coronary artery bypass grafting, 1992