Dr. Surendra Nath Khanna
MBBS, MS - General Surgery, MCh - Cardio Thoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Dr. Surendra Nath Khanna is the Associate Director, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, India. He specialises in all types of adult cardiac surgical work. He is one of the leading and most experienced cardiac surgeon with expertise in Beating Heart Surgeries, Cardiac Valvular Surgery--Mitral Valve, Aortic Valve and Double Valve Replacements. He also has special interest in Valve Repairs, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Aneurysm Surgery, and Heart-Failure Surgery. His has relentless quest to bring the best in cardiac surgery to India and within the reach of common man. He is a Graduate of King George's Medical College, Lucknow. After completing his MS (Gen. Surgery) he was trained in cardiac surgery at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai; Christian Medical College, Vellore. Thereafter he went abroad and was trained under Prof. Ottavio Alfieri, internationally known for his pioneering work in heart valve techniques. Dr. Surendra Nath Khanna has been practicing cardiac surgery since the last 25 years. He has carried out more than 7,000 cardiac surgeries. He has been working as chief cardiac surgeon at various prestigious hospitals which includes San Raffaele Hospital, Mila, Italy; King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai; Christian Medical College, Vellore; Max Heart and research Institute, New Delhi and Fortis Escorts Heart Institute New Delhi. He is passionately involved in the Community Outreach Services and creating mass awareness toward cardiac diseases for last 20 years. He has been regularly reaching out to the masses of India, a fact which has been widely acknowledged by media and society at large. He has rendered free cardiac care in far and remote areas on North India. His relentless ambition of spreading awareness for prevention of heart disease makes him travel all over the country. His experience in cardiac surgery amalgamated with quest to train junior cardiac surgeon in India. Dr. Khanna has trained many cardiac surgeons from UP, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar and Rajasthan and is actively involved in training the undergraduate and post-graduate students. He also has a keen interest in academic and research work, which includes publications in various reputed international journals.
Okhla Road, New Friends Colony, Delhi, Delhi, India
Dr. Z. S. Meharwal
MBBS, MS - General Surgery, MCh - Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Dr Z S Meharwal is part of the founding team of Doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. Dr. Meharwal completed his MBBS, MS (General Surgery) and M.Ch (Cardiothoracic Surgery) from King George’s Medical College, Lucknow. He has worked as Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at prestigious King’s College Hospital in London. 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 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
Okhla Road, New Friends Colony, Delhi, Delhi, India
Dr. Nishith Chandra
MBBS, DM - Cardiology, MD - Pediatrics
Cardiology
Dr. Nishith Chandra, MD, DM, FSCAI (USA) has more than 23 Years of experience at the prestigious Fortis Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi, India. He is a Director in Interventional Cardiology here and deals with all sorts of complex Coronary, Carotid, Renal, Peripheral Interventions. He has been the incharge of Emergency services and Heart Command Centre of Escorts Heart Institute, for last 20 Years. His another passion is running the highly successful, air-ambulance service of the hospital, which is credited for transporting critically sick cardiac patients from India and Abroad. He has been regularly invited as faculty in National and International Cardiology Conferences.
Okhla Road, New Friends Colony, Delhi, Delhi, India
Dr. Aparna Jaswal
MBBS, MD - Medicine, DNB - Cardiology
Cardiology
Dr. Aparna Jaswal is an acknowledged expert in the field of cardiac pacing and electrophysiology including catheter RF ablation of complex arrhythmias, ICD implantation, and biventricular pacing. She is currently Senior Consultant in the Department of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi. Since joining Escorts Heart Institute in 1998, Dr. Jaswal has been actively involved in the department of Cardiac Electrophysiology. She has been performing electrophysiological studies and “Radio Frequency Catheter Ablation” for various cardiac arrhythmias. She has also received training in Cardiac Electrophysiology at St. Luke’s Hospital, Milwaukee, USA. Dr. Jaswal also has to her credit ‘Certified Cardiac Device Specialist’ from the IBHRE, HRS. Dr. Jaswal has many research projects and has been actively participating in National and International Research Trials. She has been invited as a faculty to various national and international symposia and workshops. She also has to her credit for having been the first electrophysiologist to start an EP program in Mauritius in November 2010. Dr. Jaswal has advanced as a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society, USA in March 2011. Principal Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre in New Delhi. Joined as Senior Resident in Cardiology. Actively involved in teaching DNB and PGDCC candidates, and residents at the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre.
Okhla Road, New Friends Colony, Delhi, Delhi, India
Dr. Peeyush Jain
MBBS, MD - Medicine, DM - Cardiology
Cardiology
Dr. Peeyush Jain is Director - Non Interventional Cardiology at Fortis Escorts and Heart Institute, Okhla, New Delhi
Okhla Road, New Friends Colony, Delhi, Delhi, India
Dr. Anil Saxena
MBBS, MD - Medicine, DNB - Cardiology
Cardiology
Dr. Anil Saxena is a Cardiologist in Okhla, Delhi and has an experience of 39 years in this field. Dr. Anil Saxena practices at Fortis Escorts and Heart Institute in Okhla, Delhi. He completed MBBS from kanpur University in 1982,MD - Medicine from kanpur University in 1985 and DNB - Cardiology from National Board Of Examination in 1993. He is a member of Delhi Medical Council. Some of the services provided by the doctor are: Electrocauterization,Cardiac Ablation,Angioplasty and Stenting,Acute Aortic Dissection and Implantation of ICD etc.
Okhla Road, New Friends Colony, Delhi, Delhi, India
Dr. Ashok K Omar
MBBS, MD - General Medicine, DM - Cardiology
Cardiology
Dr. Ashok is Cardiologist at Fortis Escorts and Heart Institute, Okhla, New Delhi
Okhla Road, New Friends Colony, Delhi, Delhi, India
Dr. Vinay Kumar Sharma
MBBS, MD - General Medicine, DM - Cardiology
Cardiology
Dr. Vinay Kumar Sharma is Intervention Cardiologist , Incharge ,Chest pain pathway and Primary Angioplasty programme Member Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Programme at Fortis Escorts and Heart Institute, Okhla.
Okhla Road, New Friends Colony, Delhi, Delhi, India
Dr. Ashok Khera
MBBS, MD - Medicine, DNB - Cardiology
Cardiology
Dr. Ashok Khera is Principal consultant - Non Intervention at Fortis Escorts and Heart Institute, Okhla
Okhla Road, New Friends Colony, Delhi, Delhi, India
Dr. Ashok Seth
MBBS, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCP Canada), FACC
Cardiology
Dr. Ashok Seth is the current Chairman of Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi and Head, Cardiology Council of Fortis Group of Hospitals. His contributions in the field of Cardiology, especially Interventional Cardiology have been recognised extensively in India as well as across the world. During his career span of 30-years, he has pioneered numerous angioplasty techniques Directional Atherectomy, Angioscopy, Stents, Thrombectomy devices and Drug Eluting Stents, use of Impella heart support device failing heart, Bioabsorbable Stents and TAVI and implemented it successfully both in India and other regions in Asia Pacific. He has performed one of the highest number of angiographies and angioplasties which has been mentioned in the 'LIMCA Book of Records'. He has been a part of the Focused Advisory Group and seminal studies for development and clinical applicability of Bioresorbable Scaffold (BRS) Stent which is highly recognised technique worldwide.
Okhla Road, New Friends Colony, Delhi, Delhi, India