Devi Prasad Shetty

Devi Prasad Shetty
Born	8 May 1953 (1953-05-08) (age 58) 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 Thromboembolectomy Neonatal open heart surgery Cardiomyoplasty Surgery Left Ventricular Assist Device Support
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

Dr Devi Prasad Shetty (Tulu: ದೇವಿ ಪ್ರಸಾದ್ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ) is an Indian philanthropist and a cardiac surgeon. He also served as a member of the Board of Governors of Medical Council of India for 1 year between May 2010 and May 2011, after the MCI was reconstituted.

Life and career

Born in a Bunt^[1] family of Kinnigoli,in the erstwhile South Canara district, Karnataka. 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 Bommasandra on 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 Rabindranath 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.^[2]

He has performed over 15,000 heart operations.^[3]

He was a part of the seven-member panel of Board of Governors which replaced the MCI and served for a period of one year before it was further reconstituted.^{[4][dead link]}

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.^[3]

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

References

1. ^ Raghuram, M.. "Bunts feel at home wherever they are". Daily News and Analysis. http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_bunts-feel-at-home-wherever-they-are_1373019. 
2. ^ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/06/04/stories/2010060452080101.htm
3. ^ ^{a b} "First break all the rules". The Economist. 15 April 2010. http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15879359. 
4. ^ [1]

Wall Street Journal talks about Devi Shetty

External links

• Narayana Hospitals
• Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences

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Name	Shetty, Devi Prasad
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Date of birth	8 May 1953
Place of birth	Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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