Vikram Shetty

About

Dr. Vikram Shetty is a dually qualified Facio-Maxillary Surgeon and is currently the Director of the Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Craniofacial Surgery. He is attached to the K. S Hegde Medical College and A.B. Shetty Dental College, affiliated to the Nitte University. He has acquired his formal medical and dental training along with a specialisation in Facio-Maxillary Surgery. He has undergone extensive neurosurgical training and is now one of the few surgeons in India operating on complex craniofacial deformities.

As the head of one of the busiest craniofacial institutes in South India, Dr. Vikram Shetty personally performs around 900 to 1000 complex facial surgeries every year. As part of the Medical Sciences Section, he is also the Director of the Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship Program of the Medical College and is in charge of training post-graduate students in Facio-Maxillary Surgery. His department has a partnership with 'Cleft Children - International' and 'The Smile Train' that help bring back the smile to countless children afflicted with the scourge of Cleft Lip and Palate.

Dr. Shetty has perfected the principles and techniques of contouring of the face to enhance beauty and youth without the need for repeated surgical procedures. He hopes to bring these surgical techniques within the reach of the common people.

Employment

• AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences Professor and Head
  2007 - Present
• Nitte University Director and Head
  2007 - Present
• Private practice Consultant craniofacial surgeon
  2002 - 2007
• AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences Visiting Registrar
  2002 - 2005
• AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences Lecturer
  1998 - 1999

Education

Education history is unavailable.

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (45)

• Role of platelet rich fibrin in neurosensory recovery following bilateral sagittal split osteotomy - A randomized control trial
  Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2024.02.015
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• Evaluation of Posterior Superior Alveolar Canal in Individuals With Cleft Lip and Palate Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography
  The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal 2024 DOI: 10.1177/10556656241298103
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• Intraoperative evaluation of the resected bone margin in mandibular cancers using a trephine drill and frozen section analysis
  International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2022.07.010
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• Phenotypic and Molecular Heterogeneity in Mandibulofacial Dysostoses: A Case Series From India
  The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 2022 DOI: 10.1177/10556656211050006
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• Efficacy of I- gel™ for airway management of neonates with Pierre Robin sequence undergoing glossopexy: A prospective study
  Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2022.05.012
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• Correlation between surgical protocols for palatoplasty and midfacial growth in cleft lip and palate patients: A long-term, single centre study
  Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2021.06.008
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• Does the Timing of 1-Stage Palatoplasty With Radical Muscle Dissection Effect Long-Term Midface Growth? A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis
  The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 2021 DOI: 10.1177/10556656211013174
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• Minimally-invasive anterior maxillary distraction technique in patients with cleft lip and palate and maxillary deficiency: an evaluation of 106 patients
  British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.03.026
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• Do Regional Nerve Blocks Before Bimaxillary Surgery Reduce Postoperative Pain?
  Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2019.10.014
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• Myelodysplastic syndrome with multilineage dysplasia evolving to acute myeloid leukemia: Noonan syndrome with c.218C>T mutation in PTPN11 gene
  Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2019 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.27527
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