DR. NAREN SHETTY
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- Designation: Director
- Specialization: LASIK, SMILE, Phakic IOL and premium IOL implants
- Work Experience: 12 years
- Practice location: NN Rajajinagar
- Days & timing: All days 8 AM to 5 PM Rajajinagar Branch
ABOUT
Dr. Naren Shetty is the head of the Department of Cataract and Refractive Lens Services and the Director of Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore. He completed his basic medical education from SDMMCH, Dharwad, Residency from Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, M.S Ophthalmology from RRMCH, Bangalore and Cataract and Refractive Training from Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore. He has worked under cataract and refractive surgeons of Moran Eye Center, USA and SNEC, Singapore. Dr. Naren was awarded a PhD from Maastricht University for his work on ‘Analyzing Optical Performance of Natural and Intraocular Lenses in Asian – Indian Eyes’ in January 2025.
Dr. Naren Shetty has contributed to more than 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals nationally and internationally. He has been a part of over 20 clinical trials during his career at Narayana Nethralaya. He has performed over 25,000 cataract refractive surgeries. Dr. Naren has also demonstrated multiple surgical techniques live in academic conferences. He is a member of all important national and international ophthalmic societies.
Dr. Naren is an experienced cataract and refractive surgeon with special skills in LASIK, SMILE, Phakic IOLs and premium IOL implantation. He has presented papers in national and international conferences.
Education & Training
M.S Ophthalmology at R.R.M.C.H
PhD, University of Maastricht, Netherlands.
Achievements & Awards
Awarded the Appreciation Award and Gold Medal for outstanding contributions in Ophthalmology at the BOA Focus 2025 Annual Conference, Mumbai, India
Received the International Ophthalmic Heroes Award at the AIOS-APA 2025 Annual Meeting, New Delhi, India
Won the Best of IJO Award for Original Article in Cataract at the AIOS-APA 2025 Annual Meeting, New Delhi, India
Received the Shiv Prasad Hardia Award for the study “3D Corneal Diameter Profiling and AI-Based Sizing for ICL Implants” at AIOS-APA 2025, New Delhi, India
Honored with an Appreciation Certificate at AIOS-APA 2025 Annual Meeting, New Delhi, India
Awarded the Presidential Rising Star Award at the 44th Annual Conference of Karnataka Ophthalmic Society (KOSCON) 2024, Udupi, India
Won Best Paper of the Session for “Novel Immune Signatures and Inflammatory Profile Associated with Types of Cataract” at APACRS 2024 Conference, Chengdu, China
Awarded Best Paper of the Session for “Novel Biomarker Levels to Identify Risk of Retinal Vascular Progression Post Cataract Surgery” at ASCRS 2024 Conference, Boston, USA
Received Best Paper of the Session for “Novel Inflammatory Modulation of Ocular Surface following Consumption of Probiotics” at ASCRS 2024 Conference, Boston, USA
Won the International Hero Award at AIOC 2024, Kolkata, India
Awarded Best Free Paper at APAO 2024, Bali, Indonesia for “Can We Improve the Performance of Extended Depth of Focus IOLs?”
Received the IIRSI Gold Medal at Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society (IIRSI) Annual Meet, New Delhi, India, 2023
Won Best Paper of the Session at APACRS 2022 Conference, Seoul, South Korea for “Discovery of Novel Non-Invasive Tear Metabolic Markers to Identify Infection Type in Postoperative Endophthalmitis”
Received the ICL Young Achievers’ Award at ESCRS 2022 Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy
Awarded the ARVO Travel Grant 2015 for paper presentation on Screening Corneal Epithelial Gene Expression Patterns to Predict Post-PRK Corneal Haze
Won Best Postgraduate Scientific Paper at Karnataka Ophthalmic Society 2012 for “Clinical Features, Investigation, Management, and Outcome of Uveitis in Neonates and Infants in South India”
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