Mangaluru: Renowned UK based orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. A A Shetty has been honoured with the “Outstanding Clinical Excellence” award by the UK’s House of Lords.
Dr Shetty, who hails from Asode near Koteshwara of Udupi District, is referred to as a “Surgeon’s Surgeon’ by the medical fraternity for his innovations in the medical field.
Dr Shetty’s main interest lies in stem cell research, cartilage transplant, accelerated bone healing, application of computer navigation, 3D printing and robotics in minimal invasive surgery.
A gifted surgeon, Dr Shetty is a winner of a host of awards including the prestigious Hunterian Surgical Medal and Hunterian Professorship for 2017 awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
