| Devi Prasad Shetty | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 May 1953
Mangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Education | Guy's Hospital London -Cardiothoracic Unit, (1983-1989)
West Midlands Cardio-Thoracic Rotation Program (Trained in Cardiac Surgery) Kasturba Medical College,Mangalore, (1982) St. Aloysius Mangalore |
| Years active | 1989s-present |
| Known for | Pulmonary ThromboembolectomyNeonatal open heart surgery
Cardiomyoplasty Surgery Left Ventricular Assist DeviceSupport |
| Profession | Cardiac surgeon |
| Institutions | Kasturba Medical College,Mangalore
Guys Hospital United Kingdom B.M. Birla Hospital Kolkata Manipal Hospital Bangalore |
| Specialism | Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery |
| Notable prizes | Schwab Foundation's award in 2005
Padma Shri award for Medicine in 2004 Dr. B C Roy award in 2003 Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award in 2003 Ernst & Young - Entrepreneur Of The Year in 2003 Rajyotsava award in 2002 Karnataka Ratna award in 2001 |
A pre-university student of St Aloysius Mangalore, Devi Prasad Shetty had his professional education and was trained in general surgery from the Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (1982). He further had his training in Cardiac Surgery at the West Midlands Cardiothoracic Rotation programme. He later did his appointment at the Guy’s Hospital London – Cardiothoracic Unit, between 1983 and 1989. In 1989, Dr Shetty and his team opened a 140-bed hospital Research Institute in Calcutta. In 1997, he and his team set up the Manipal Heart Foundation – a 450-bed heart operation facility. A recent addition to his list of accomplishments is the Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, a full-fledged cardiac hospital built on 5 acres of land in Calcutta.
Dr Shetty’s dream is to make cardiac surgery reasonable and affordable, by creating a chain of heart hospitals in every state in India, where more and more children are treated. A few years ago, Dr Shetty recalls, when the Blessed Mother Teresa suffered a heart attack Dr Shetty was put in charge of her heart care. One day, Mother, who at that point of time was convalescing in the intensive care unit of the hospital, saw Dr Shetty examining a blue baby. After a few minutes of thought she turned towards him and said; “Now I know why you are here. To relieve the agony of children with heart disease, God sent you to this world to fix it”. Dr Shetty claims, this is the best definition ever given of a paediatric cardiac surgeon and perhaps the best compliment that he has ever received.
When you do your work without expecting anything in return, just for the joy of brining happiness to others, that’s when you’ll realize it is not your hands, which do the job, it is the hands of God, he states.
Dr Shetty wants to associate with people with love and compassion. 50 Year-old handsome looking Dr Shetty is a proud Mangalorean who is such a great personality in the medical field.
Education and Qualification:
- MBBS from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
- MS (General Surgery) from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
- Trained in Cardiac Surgery at West Midlands Cardio-Thoracic Rotation Program between Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry and East Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham followed by appointment at Cardio-Thoracic unit, Guys Hospital, London from 1983 to 1989
- Professor of International Health – University of Minnesota Medical School, USA
- Professor, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, Bangalore
Contribution to Cardiac surgery
In 1990, Dr. Shetty became the first surgeon in India to venture into Neonatal open heart surgery by performing open-heart surgery on a 9-day-old baby.
He performed Asia’s first dynamic cardio-myoplasty operation to strengthen the weak heart muscle using the chest wall muscle.
For the first time in India, he used a left ventricular assist device to temporarily support a failing heart.
He is one of the few surgeons in the world to use a microchip camera to perform keyhole heart surgery.
He has one of the largest experiences in the world in performing bypass-grafting operation on a beating heart.
Dr. Shetty and his team made Narayana Hrudayalaya a post graduate training institute by conducting various training programs to train adult and paediatric cardiologists and surgeons along with cardiac anaesthetists and inten
Life and career
Born in a Bunt family of Kinnigoli,in the erstwhile South Canara district, India. After completing his graduate degree in Medicine and post-graduate work in General Surgery from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, he trained in cardiac surgery at Guys Hospital in the United Kingdom. He returned to India in 1989 and initially worked at B.M. Birla Hospital in Kolkata. After some time, he moved to Bangalore and started the Manipal Heart Foundation at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. He has many patients and admirers in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri lanka and other parts of the world, especially South Asia.
Contributions
In 2001, Shetty founded Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH), a multi-specialty hospital in Bommasandraon the outskirts of Bangalore City (Karnataka State) in South India. Apart from cardiac surgery, NH also has cardiology, neurosurgery, pediatric surgery, haematology and transplant services, and nephrology. A state-of-the-art trauma hospital Sparsh and an ophthalmology hospital Narayana Nethralaya are the beginnings of the Narayana Health City. The health city will also house a center for neurosciences, a children's hospital, a cancer research centre and general hospital. He also founded Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS) in Kolkata. Shetty has also signed a MOU with the Karnataka Government during the Global Investor's meet to build a 1000 crore 5,000 bed super speciality hospital near the Bangalore International Airport.
He has performed over 15,000 heart operations.
Presently a part of the seven-member panel which replaced the MCI and will serve for a period of one year.
Yeshasvini
Yeshasvini is the world's cheapest comprehensive health insurance scheme, at Rs.5 (11 cents) per month, designed by Shetty and the Government of Karnataka for the poor farmers of the state. It is very well-utilized in Karnataka with 2.5 million people covered.
Awards and recognition
- Honorary Degree, University of Minnesota in 2011
- Schwab Foundation's award in 2005
- Padma Shri award for Medicine in 2004
- Dr. B C Roy award in 2003
- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award in 2003
- Ernst & Young - Entrepreneur Of The Year in 2003
- Rajyotsava award in 2002
- Karnataka Ratna award in 2001
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