Devi Shetty

Devi Prasad Shetty, born on 8 May 1953, is an Indian cardiac surgeon who founded and chairs Narayana Health, a chain of twenty-four medical centers in India. The cited article states that he has performed more than fifteen thousand heart operations. He is recognized chiefly for his contribution to affordable healthcare, which the Government of India honored with the Padma Shri in 2004, the fourth highest civilian award, and the Padma Bhushan in 2012, the third highest. He is a living practitioner, so this record covers the organization he built and the public honors attached to it, and it makes no clinical claims beyond what the opening summary of the cited article states.