Dr. Ravishankar Shetty is a highly trained Cardiothoracic Surgeon who completed his super-specialty
training at Jayadeva Institute of Cardiac Sciences in April 2004. He began his career at Narayana
Hrudayalaya where he worked for four years as a Junior Consultant and later as a Consultant in the
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He then moved to Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Sciences,
Bangalore where he worked for two years as a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon. In 2010, he
returned to Narayana Hrudayalaya as a Consultant and was later deputed to M S Ramaiah Narayana
Heart Center, a division of Narayana Health, as the Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Consultant till
2023 June. Currently working as a Chief Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Ramiah Heart Center.
Dr. Ravishankar Shetty has performed more than 8000 cardiac surgeries. Doctors special areas of
interest in Cardiac surgery are minimally invasive cardiac surgery, aortic surgeries, valve repairs,
congenital heart disease corrections, and off-pump and redo CABGs, ECLS (Extracorporeal Life
Support), Cardiac and Renal transplant.7List the doctor’s areas of clinical interest and expertise, e.g.,
heart disease, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, etc.
Area of Expertise: After completing my Super-specialty training in Cardiothoracic Surgery from Jayadeva Institute of Cardiac Sciences in April 2004. I worked in Narayana Hrudayalaya for about 4 years as Junior Consultant and Consultant in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. After which, I moved to Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Sciences, Bangalore as a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, where I worked for two years. This institution attracts some of the best medical talent from around the world and provides world-class healthcare absolutely free of cost. I moved back to Narayana Hrudayalaya in 2010 as a Consultant. From here I was deputed to M S Ramaiah Narayana Heart Center, which is a division of Narayana Health, one of the biggest healthcare providers in the country as Consultant and Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon and I have been working there till date. As a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, in the last 14 years, I have performed more than 5000 cardiac surgeries. My special areas of interest in Cardiac surgery are minimally invasive cardiac surgery, aortic surgeries, valve repairs, congenital heart disease corrections, and off-pump and redo CABGs, ECLS (Extracorporeal Life Support), Cardiac and Renal transplant.
