Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty

Dr Devi Prasad Shetty is the Founder and Chairman of Narayana Health and a Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences in Bengaluru. His qualifications include MS and FRCS from England. His work is centred on cardiac surgery within a multidisciplinary heart-care service.

Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences treats heart conditions in adults and children through medical care, interventional procedures, minimally invasive surgery and open-heart surgery. Dr Shetty is included in the cardiac surgical team associated with pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, an operation considered for selected patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

His role combines cardiac surgery with leadership of the Narayana Health network. Surgical decisions are made after assessment by cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, imaging specialists, anaesthetists and critical-care teams. The exact procedure depends on the patient’s diagnosis, heart function, previous treatment and other medical conditions.

Patients with coronary artery disease, heart-valve disease, congenital heart conditions or chronic blood clots affecting the lungs may be referred for cardiac surgical assessment. Medical reports, angiography, echocardiography and previous operation records help the team decide whether surgery or another treatment pathway is appropriate.