Overview
Cleft & Craniofacial Surgery started as a cleft centre in the year 1998 and established as NITTE Meenakshi institute of cleft & craniofacial surgery in the year 2001. It is currently headed by Dr. Vikram Shetty who is one of the very few dually qualified Craniomaxillofacial Surgeon in India.
Faculty / OPD Schedule
Doctors available
- Prof. & HOD – Dr. Vikram Shetty, MDS; MBBS; DNB
Surgical Fellows
- Dr. Srikanth Gunturu, MDS (Senior Fellow)
- Dr. Ganesh Koneru, MDS (OMFS)
- Dr. Ritesh Agrawal, MDS (OMFS)
- Dr. Nandakishore, MDS (Orthodontics) – Cleft Orthodontic & Maxillofacial Orthopedic Care
- Dr. Chandini Shetty – Periodontist & Oral Hygiene Counselor
Supporting Staff
- Mrs. Joyce
- Mrs. Veni
- Mrs. Ramya
- Mrs. Yashoda
- Mrs. Shanta
Technician
- Mr. Shekhar
Department Infrastructure
- Drager Primus – Most advanced anaesthesia working station for the most efficient management of complex paediatric surgeries.
- Mectron Peizotome – For safest craniofacial surgeries.
- Stryker Systems – For fast & clean maxillofacial bony surgeries.
- One Operation theatre working round the clock with surgical fellows available on call 24 x 7.
- NICU & PICU – with anesthetic & paediatric support round the clock.
- Bed strength – 60 beds.
Speciality Services
IPD Services
- 24 x 7 taken care by PG Students (OMFS) & Surgical Fellows on call
- Free Camps across South India – 2 camps a month throughout the year.
- Free Cleft Lip, Cleft Alveolus, Cleft Palate & Cleft Rhinoplasty Surgeries.
- Free Craniofacial Surgeries
- Nominal fee for Maxillofacial Trauma, Esthetic Facial Surgeries & Head and Neck Cancer.
- This department works in collaboration & harmony with the departments like Paediatric surgery, ENT, Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology, Orthodontics, Pedodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, Speech & language pathology & Radiology, thus efficiently fulfilling the entire spectrum of medical care for various cleft & craniofacial anomalies.
- This department is credited for conducting largest number of ear deformity surgical workshop & performing highest number of esthetic surgeries in South India by CNN IBN.