Brain and nerves
Dr. Sathwik R Shetty
Consultant - Neurosurgery
- Practises at
- Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru
About Dr. Sathwik R Shetty
Dr. Sathwik R Shetty is a neurosurgeon at Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, India. His training began with an MBBS, followed by a DNB in Neurosurgery, and fellowships in Functional Neurosurgery at KIMS, Secunderabad; Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, USA; and Deep Brain Stimulation at Toronto Western Hospital in Toronto, Canada. He is a member of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) in the USA, the Bangalore Neurological Society (BNS), the Neurological Society of India (NSI), the Skull Base Surgery Society of India (SBSSI), the Neuro Trauma Society of India (NTSI) and the European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS). He is particularly known for deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, and his practice extends to brain tumour surgery, spine surgery, surgery for refractory epilepsy, cerebrovascular surgery and the management of head and spine trauma. He worked as a visiting neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery at Helsinki University Central Hospital in Finland in 2015.
Field of expertise
- Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's disease and Movement disorders
- Brain tumour surgery
- Spine surgery
- Surgery for Refractory Epilepsy
- Cerebrovascular Surgery
- Management of Head and Spine trauma
Fellowships and memberships
- Neurological Society of India (NSI)
- Skull Base Surgery Society of India (SBSSI)
- Neuro Trauma Society of India (NTSI)
- Bangalore Neurological Society (BNS)
- Indian Medical Association (IMA)
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), USA
- European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS)
Awards and achievements
- Best Paper award, SPINE 2011, annual meeting of the Neuro-Spinal Surgeons Association of India (NSSA), for C1-C2 joint distraction and fusion with spacers
- Best Poster award, NEUROCON 2012, annual meeting of the Neurological Society of India (NSI), for radiofrequency ablative procedures in movement disorders
- Best Paper award, SKULL BASECON 2015, annual conference of the Skull Base Surgery Society of India (SBSSI), for persistent Sternberg's canal as a rare cause of CSF rhinorrhoea
- Visiting Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland, May 2015
Qualifications
- MBBS
- DNB Neurosurgery
- Fellowship: Functional Neurosurgery, KIMS, Secunderabad
- Fellowship: Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA
- Fellowship: Deep Brain Stimulation, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Languages spoken
- English
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Tulu
- Telugu
- Tamil
- Bengali
This profile lists Bengali, so a Bangladeshi patient can expect to be understood without an interpreter in the room.
Source: Consultant profile sheets supplied to us by Manipal Hospitals, read on 5 August 2026.
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