She specializes in areas like micro-vascular surgery, oncore construction, breast reconstruction, wound management, cosmetic surgery, and cleft surgery. Apart from handling general plastic surgery operations, Dr. Shetty has hands-on experience in cleft lip and palate surgery, congenital anomalies of the hand, and burns management in children. During her tenure as Clinical Fellow, Research Fellow and later as Asst. Surgeon in the famous Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, she gained vast experience in oncore constructive work in the head and neck region, including pharyngo-esophageal reconstruction, complex oromandibular defects, and scalp / skull defects using microsurgical techniques.