Respicare was founded by Dr Prabhakar Shetty. Dr. Shetty is a Chest Physician with super specialisation in Intensive Care and Sleep Medicine. He is also interested in Infectious Diseases like Tuberculosis, Obstructive Airway Diseases (Asthma and COPD) and Allergic Diseases.
Respicare offers state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment for Respiratory / Pulmonary Diseases. The clinic diagnoses and treat various types of lung diseases such as Interstitial lung disease (ILD), Cough, Asthma, Allergy, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Lung cancer, Respiratory failure, Pulmonary hypertension, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, Sleep Apnoea and Lung infections.
Respicare also offers super speciality clinics for Interventional Pulmonology, Interstitial lung disease – ILD (also commonly known as lung fibrosis), Pulmonary Hypertension, Obstructive airways diseases (Asthma and COPD), Sleep Apnoea, Allergy, Infectious Disease like Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Long Term Oxygen and Home-based Ventilation Therapy.
DR PRABHAKAR SHETTY
MD,TDD,FCCP(US)
Consultant Chest Physician
Specialist
- Intensive Care
- Sleep Medicine
- Interventional Pulmonology
Super Specialist
- Integrated Sleep Clinic
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Asthma and Allergy
- COPD
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Interventional Pulmonology
Dr. Prabhakar Shetty received his medical degree with honours from the prestigious Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai. He completed his postgraduate studies in Respiratory Medicine from University of Mumbai, India in 2004. Following this he continued his further studies from UK, where initially he was a Fellow in Intensive care at the John Farman Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrookes NHS Hospital, Cambridge. In 2005 he completed his MRCP training in Emergency Medicine and Pulmonology from the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, UK. He also received advanced training in Sleep Medicine from Sheffield and Edinburgh in UK. In 2008 he returned to Mumbai, where he is Director of Respicare and Integrated Sleep Clinic, Goregaon West. He is also a Consultant at Gurunanak and Hiranandani Hospitals, Mumbai.
Dr. Shetty has presented numerous papers at national and international meetings, and has received numerous awards for his research presentations. He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians.
Dr. Shetty is a recognized expert in all facets of respiratory medicine and Intensive Care with a keen interest in Sleep Apnea and Non-invasive ventilation. He has also been an active clinical researcher in the area of Allergy, Interstitial Lung Disease, Obstructive Airways Disease and Tuberculosis. He has been an invited lecturer at numerous national and international meetings, and he is a well-recognized faculty in numerous sleep and interventional bronchoscopy workshops.