Dr. Mitesh Shetty
MBBS, Ph.D - Medical Genetics
Medical Genetics
Dr Mitesh Shetty is a Consultant Medical Geneticist in Bangalore. He has been associated with Manipal hospitals since 2004 and currently heads the department of Medical Genetics at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. He has over 17 years experience in the field of Medical Genetics.After completing his MBBS from D.Y. Patil Medical College, University of Mumbai, he pursued his masters in Medical Genetics from University of Glasgow, UK. He is trained in Clinical Genetics & 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 PhD in Medical Genetics from Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). 17 years of extensive experience in the field of Medical Genetics include 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 & Ovarian cancer. He has over 7 years of teaching experience in medical college. In addition to teaching, he provides guidance to 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.
98, Kodihalli, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Dr. Siddarmappa J. Patil
MBBS, MD - Pediatrics, DM - Medical Genetics
Medical Genetics
Dr. S. J. Patil completed his basic medical education from M R Medical College, Gulbarga (1990-1995) and post-graduation MD (PAED) from the same institute (1997-2000). He later expertised on clinical genetics by procuring the DM for Medical Genetics from SGPGIMS Lucknow. Dr. Patil is available for genetic counselling at NH-Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, With over 10 years of experience he is an expert in genetic disorders. His special interests are genetics of congenital heart disease, Fetal medicine and neurogenetics. He has various national and international publications in peer reviewed journals. Dr. Patil also handles fatal autopsy for foetuses diagnosed with birth defects on suspected genetic disorders. He is also a member of the prestigious Indian Academy of Medical Genetics.
Bangalore, Karnataka, India