Dr Vivek Shetty is a highly trained Head and Neck Oncosurgeon based on Hennur Road, Bangalore, specialising in head and neck cancer and reconstructive surgery. Many patients looking for the Best Oncologist in Bangalore consider Dr Shetty for his ethical practice, structured clinical approach, and strong focus on restoring quality of life after cancer treatment.
He completed advanced training in Head and Neck Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery at Narayana Health City, Bangalore, along with international training in facial reanimation at San Paolo Ospedale, Milan, and advanced head and neck reconstruction at the University of Florida, Jacksonville.
With experience in treating over 1,000 patients with oral, thyroid, salivary gland, and laryngopharyngeal cancers, he is a trained microvascular surgeon specialising in complex cancer reconstruction. He follows an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach and is actively involved in cancer prevention and awareness programmes in collaboration with NGOs.
- Oral cancer management
- Thyroid surgeries
- Salivary gland neoplasm management
- Laryngo-pharyngeal cancer management
- Advanced neck surgeries
- Reconstruction of head and neck defects
- Microvascular surgery
- MS (General Surgery) at Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
- Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore
- Evidence-based multidisciplinary management of head and neck cancers
- Restoring form and function through high-quality reconstruction of head and neck defects
- Shetty V et al. (2017), Reconstruction of Cheek Defects. In: M. Kuriakose, ed., Contemporary Oral Oncology, Volume 3, 1st ed. Springer, pp. 171–195.
- Prabhu M, Samson S, Reddy A, Venkataramanarao SH, Chandrasekhar NH, Pillai V, Shetty V, Kuriokose MA, Vidhya B, Kannan S. Role of Preablative Stimulated Thyroglobulin in Prediction of Nodal and Distant Metastasis on Iodine Whole-Body Scan. Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2018 Apr–Jun;33(2):93–98.
- Vidya B, Chauhan S, Chandrasekhar NH, Sunil HV, Pillai V, Shetty V, et al. Radio-guided minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: A descriptive report of the experience from a tertiary centre in Bangalore. Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2017;32:184–187.
- Subramaniam N, Clark JR, Goldstein D, de Almeida J, Ali Abdalaty AH, Balasubramanian D, Thankappan K, Iyer S, Batstone M, Gopal Iyer N, Smee RI, Chandrasekhar NH, Pillai V, Shetty V, Rangappa V, Veness M, Hubert Low TH. Stage pN3a in oral cancer: A redundant entity? Oral Oncology. 2020 Nov;110:104815.
- Nandini H, Shetty V, Lakshmikantha A, Sunil HV, Kannan S. SETTLE tumor of thyroid: Oldest case in literature. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2019 Jan–Mar;62(1):175–177.
- Sunny SP, Agarwal S, James BL, Heidari E, Muralidharan A, Yadav V, Pillai V, Shetty V, Chen Z, Hedne N, Wilder-Smith P, Suresh A, Kuriakose MA. Intra-operative point-of-procedure delineation of oral cancer margins using optical coherence tomography. Oral Oncology. 2019 May;92:12–19.
- Pillai V, Yadav V, Kekatpure V, Trivedi N, Chandrashekar NH, Shetty V, Rangappa V, Subramaniam N, Bhat V, Raghavan N, Kolur T, George N, Thomas T, Kuriakose MA. Prognostic determinants of locally advanced buccal mucosa cancer: Do we need to relook at the current staging criteria? Oral Oncology. 2019 Aug;95:43–51.
- Tu IW, Shannon NB, Thankappan K, Balasubramanian D, Pillai V, Shetty V, Rangappa V, Chandrasekhar NH, Kekatpure V, Kuriakose MA, Krishnamurthy A, Mitra A, Pattatheyil A, Jain P, Iyer S, Subramaniam N, Iyer NG. Risk Stratification in Oral Cancer: A Novel Approach. Frontiers in Oncology. 2022;12:836803. doi:10.3389/fonc.2022.836803.
- Vishwanath D, Shanmugam A, Sundaresh M, Hariharan A, Saraf S, Bahadur U, Veeramachaneni V, Chandrasekhar N, Pillai VV, Bushan V, Shetty V, Subramaniam N, Kuriakose MA, Shivaprasad KS, Khadilkar K, Suresh A, Sum S, Lakshmikantha A, Rekha PR, Zaidi SN, Gupta V, Kannan S. Development of a Low-cost NGS Test for the Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules. Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2022 Mar;13(1):17–22. doi:10.1007/s13193-019-01000-w. PMID: 35462651; PMCID: PMC8986928.
- Subramaniam N, Clark JR, Goldstein D, de Almeida J, Ali Abdalaty AH, Balasubramanian D, Thankappan K, Iyer S, Batstone M, Gopal Iyer N, Smee RI, Chandrasekhar NH, Pillai V, Shetty V, Rangappa V, Veness M, Hubert Low TH. Stage pN3a in oral cancer: A redundant entity? Oral Oncology. 2020 Nov;110:104815. doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104815.
Member, Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology (India)
Qualification
- MS (General Surgery) – Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
- Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery – Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore
- Advanced international training in facial reanimation and head & neck reconstruction
