Dr. Mitesh Shetty

HOD & Consultant - Medical Genetics

General Medicine

Manipal Hospital, Hal Airport Road,Banglalore - Bangalore, India

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Qualification

MBBS from the University of Mumbai MSc (Medical Genetics) from the University Of Glasgow, UK Ph.D (Medical Genetics) from MAHE, Manipal European Board Certified Clinical Laboratory Geneticist

Languages

English Hindi Kannada Tulu

Work Experience

22 Years Experience Overall (12 years as specialist)

Awards & Achivements

• Faculty for a Certificate course in Genetic Counselling (MAHE).
• Recognized Guide for Ph.D. in Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE).
• Guided Ph.D.
M.Phil & MSc students & trained students for Genetic counseling.
• Received IBM Sponsorship of CAS Project expenses towards clinical research.
• Conducted a public awareness program on World Thalassemia Day (May 18) & World Down syndrome day (Mar 19).
• Organized CME on “Integrating Genomics into Clinical Practice” (Jul 18) & “Autism awareness day” (Apr 19).
• Published papers in National & International journals & CHAPTER IN BOOK-“Genetics in Congenital Heart Disease” In “A Comprehensive Approach to Congenital Heart Disease (A Lifelong Odyssey)” Jaypee brothers
ISBN 978-93-5090-267-7.

Memberships

• European Board of Medical Genetics (EBMG).
• Indian Society of Human Genetics (ISHG).
• Indian Academy of Pediatrics-Genetics Specialty Chapter.
• Bangalore Society of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
• Indian Society of Inborn Errors of Metabolism.
• Indian Society of Prenatal Diagnosis & Therapy.
• Molecular Pathology Association of India.

Area of Interest

• Medical Genetics Prenatal diagnosis & Genetic counseling
• Genetic diagnosis of Down syndrome

• Autism

• β-Thalassemia

• Hemophilia

• Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD
• Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
• Genetic counseling in consanguinity

Dr Mitesh Shetty is a Consultant Medical Geneticist in Bangalore. He has been associated with Manipal Hospital since 2004 and currently heads the Department of Medical Genetics at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. He has over 17 years of experience in the field of Medical Genetics. After completing his MBBS from D.Y. Patil Medical College, University of Mumbai, he pursued his master's in Medical Genetics from the University of Glasgow, UK. He is trained in Clinical Genetics and cytogenetics from the prestigious Duncan Guthrie Institute of Medical Genetics, Glasgow, U.K. Being inclined towards contributing to the research field, he later went on to do his Ph.D. in Medical Genetics from Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). 17 years of extensive experience in the field of Medical Genetics including Prenatal diagnosis, Genetic Counselling & Genetic disorders like Down syndrome, Autism,β-Thalassemia, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) & Spinal muscular atrophy(SMA), Huntington Chorea, etc. His area of expertise is Karyotyping, FISH study, Double/Quadruple study, Chromosomal Microarray, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), and risk assessment in hereditary cancer disorders like Breast and ovarian cancer. He has over 7 years of teaching experience in medical college. In addition to teaching, he guides Ph.D., M.Phil. & MSc students co-authored a chapter in the Cardiology book as well as published several papers in peer-reviewed International & national journals. He has given numerous awareness talks on Genetics at various organizations, institutes, TV and Radio talk shows, Facebook Live, etc.