Dr. Mahendra Narwaley

Dr. Mahendra Narwaley is a globally trained paediatric and congenital cardiac surgeon with over 16 years of experience, encompassing more than 5,000 paediatric cardiac cases and extensive expertise in adult congenital heart disease. As the Lead Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon at Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI), Gurgaon, he heads a multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering world-class care with ethical precision. Trained at premier institutions like the Children’s Hospital at Westmead (Sydney), Queensland Children’s Hospital (Brisbane), and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (Liverpool), Dr. Narwaley brings international standards to India. His practice combines meticulous surgical execution, long-term outcome optimization, and empathetic family-centric communication, ensuring patients and families feel supported throughout their journey. Areas of Expertise Neonatal Cardiac Surgery: Complex arch repairs, arterial switch procedures Biventricular Repairs: DORV, AVSD, VSD, TOF, TAPVC Single Ventricle Palliation: Bidirectional Glenn, Fontan procedures Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Surgical correction for complex adult cases Redo Surgeries: Complex revisions for prior interventions Aortic Arch Reconstruction and coarctation repair Paediatric & Neonatal ECMO Support High-Risk Cases: Strategic planning for syndromic and critical infants Humanitarian Care: Collaborations with NGOs to provide life-saving surgeries Work experience Senior Consultant, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Max Hospital, Saket Senior Consultant, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Medanta Lucknow Consultant, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Narayana Hrudalaya, Bangalore

• MBBS - MGM Medical College, Indore

• MS - MGM Medical College, Indore

• MCh - CTVS - Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow

• Clinical Fellow – Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia

• Clinical Fellow – Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

• Senior Clinical Fellow – Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

• Additional Director & Lead Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon – Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon (Current)

• Senior Consultant – Medanta Hospital, Lucknow

• Senior Consultant – SPS Hospitals, Ludhiana

• Senior Consultant – Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi

• Consultant – Narayana Health, Bangalore

• Consultant – National Heart Institute, New Delhi

• Associate Consultant – Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi

• Attending Consultant – Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi

• Paediatric Cardiac Surgery

• Congenital Heart Surgery

• Neonatal Cardiac Surgery

• Complex Congenital Heart Defect Surgery

• Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) Repair

• Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR/TAPVC) Repair

• Arterial Switch Operation

• Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV) Repair

• Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Closure

• Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closure

• Atrioventricular Septal Defect (AVSD) Repair

• Interrupted Aortic Arch Reconstruction

• Coarctation of Aorta Repair

• Single Ventricle Palliation

• Bidirectional Glenn Procedure

• Fontan Procedure

• Adult Congenital Heart Surgery

• Redo Congenital Cardiac Surgery

• Paediatric & Neonatal ECMO Support

• High-Risk Neonatal Cardiac Surgery

• Cardiac Intensive Care & Post-operative Management

• Performed over 5,000 Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgeries.

• More than 16 years of dedicated experience in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery.

• Established Uttar Pradesh's first dedicated Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Program at Medanta Lucknow.

• Introduced multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings and international clinical protocols.

• Among the few surgeons in India with advanced expertise in Paediatric ECMO.

• Internationally trained in Australia and the United Kingdom.