Professional Qualifications

• Elected in General Election September, 2008 as Coordinator of Practice Affairs on the Board of Directors of American Academy of Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) - September, 2008 - September, 2011
• Government Affairs Steering Committee AAO-HNS, Member - 10/01/2008 to 09/30/2009
• I will be Professional Liability Committee Chair-elect AAO-HNS for 2008 -2009.
• Committee Member Core Otolaryngology Practice Management Education Committee (COPMEC) of the AAO-HNS ,October 2008
• American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) appointment to the Core Otolaryngology and Practice Management Education Committee as an ex-officio for a one-year term, starting October 1, 2008 representing the Professional Liability Committee
• Recently Nominated by the American Rhinologic Society Board to become 2nd Vice President of the American Rhinologic Society, September, 2008-2009, 1st Vice President 2009-2010, President-Elect 2010-2011, President in 2011-2012
• American Rhinologic Society, Fellow-Chairman Patient Advocacy Committee 2003 to 2008, Member Board of Directors, Member at Large, 2005-2008, 2nd Vice President as of September, 2008, currently 1st Vice President 2009-2010
• Nominated to stand in a General Election on the Board of Directors of AAO-HNS as Co-Ordinator of Practice Affairs September 2008
  Executive-Member Board of Directors, American Academy of Otolaryngology 1999-2005. Elected September 2002 to represent private practice in Otolaryngology, 2002-2005
• American Board of Otolaryngology Guest Examiner (2008-2011)
• New York University School of Medicine, Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
• Board Certification - American Board of Otolaryngology (1982)
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (1985) - FACS.
• Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics - FAAP.
• Chairman, Board of Governors, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2000-2001
• Chairman Elect, Board of Governors, 1999-2000, Past Chair 2001-2002
• Board of Governors - American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1991-1999; Alternate Governor, 1988-1991; Executive Member, 1994-2002; Chairman of Rules and Regulations Committee, 1994-99; Secretary, 1997-99; Chair Elect, Board of Governors, 1999-2000, Chairman 2000-01, Past Chair 2001-2002
• Executive-Member Board of Directors, American Academy of Otolaryngology 1999-2005. Elected September 2002 to represent private practice in Otolaryngology, 2002-2005
• Nominated to stand in a General Election on the Board of Directors of AAO-HNS as Co-Ordinator of Practice Affairs September 2008
  Reviewer - The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
  Board Liaison International Committee 1999-2000
  Environmental Committee 2000-2001
  Interpersonal Relations Committee 2000-2001
• Rhinology and Paranasal Sinus disease Committee-AAO-HNS, October, 2002-September, 2003 ; Consultant; Committee member October, 2003-2006 - September, 2009
• Executive & Finance committee member - (E + F Committee), AAO-HNS, 1999-2002
• ENTRI Board Member, AAO-HNS (ENT Resources Inc.) 1999-present
• Member Search Committee, AAO-HNS, Instruction Course Coordinator, 2001-2004
• Nominating Committee for President of the American Academy of Otolarygology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2002-2003
• Member Finance and Investment Subcommittee of AAO-HNS
• Cephalgia Journal - Reviewer (2005-present)
• Headache Journal - Reviewer (2005-present)
• American Journal of Rhinology - Reviewer (2005-present)
• Associate Editor, September 2002-Present; Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Reviewer 2001-2006)
• American Journal of Otolaryngology-Editorial Board Member and Reviewer (2003-present)
• ENT PAC Board Member 2000-01
• American Rhinologic Society, Fellow-Chairman Patient Advocacy Committee 2003 to present, Member Board of directors, Member at Large, 2005-present
• ABEA Council-Board of Directors-Member at Large September 2005 to present
• Executive Member, New York Head and Neck Society - Treasurer 1996-2000, President Elect 2000-01, President 2001-2002
• Past President, Long Island Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2001-2002
• Executive Member, Nassau Surgical Society - Past President
• Listed in Americas Top Doctors 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 & 2003 Edition (Castle Connolly); Top Doctors in the New York Metropolitan area, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 & 2003 (Castle Connolly) and in New York Magazine "Best Doctors in New York” June 14, 2010, June 15, 2009, June 16, 2008, June 18, 2007, June 19, 2006, June 13, 2005, 2004 & 2003. Also Listed in Top Doctors:New York Metro Area in 2010-dating back to 2003. He is also mentioned as one of Long Island’s Top Doctors in 2008 and 2009 in Newsday. (Dr. Setzen has been selected as one of America's Top Doctors by Castle Connolly Medical LTD. In the selection process, more than 250,000 physician specialists were asked to choose the best doctors in their fields. Among the questions they were asked: "To whom would you refer your own patients?")
• Chief Rhinology Section, Dept. of Otolaryngology, North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset (2004-present)
• Co-Chief, Section of Head and Neck Surgery and Otolaryngology, Surgeon-in-Charge, Head and Neck Section, 1990-2004
• Previous Representative to Pediatric Department, North Shore University Hospital 1983-2002
• Nominated to stand in an election in September 2002, was elected as Member Board of Directors AAO-HNS - Representing Private Practice of Otolaryngology, 2002-2005
• Speech, Voice, and Swallowing Disorders Committee - Consultant (October 1, 2005-September 30, 2006)
• Otolaryngology Coding Alert Editorial Advisory Board Member, 2007-present