Dr. Setzen’s Professional Organizations

• Dr. Setzen was invited to participate in the ACR appropriateness criteria for imaging for headaches, in a publication that was published in the JACR in 2022.
• Advisory Board of the Monthly Bulletin Newsletter of the >American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery 2010-2013
• Immediate Past President – American Rhinological Society (ARS) September 2012 – September 2013 and Past President American Rhinologic Society (ARS) September 2013 onwards.
• President – American Rhinological Society, 2011-2012
• Founding Member Partners for Progress American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
• Editorial Advisory Board Member for Otolaryngology Coding Alert (2007-present)
• Received Accreditation from IAC as an Accredited Computed Tomography Laboratory – July, 2010. This will ensure adherence to the highest standards in patient care and safety when performing CT imaging.
• Named to Editorial Board of the new journal, Internation Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, May, 2010 onwards – this is the Official Journal of the American Rhinologic Society (ARS) and the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (AAOA).
• Elected in General Election September, 2008 as Coordinator of Practice Affairs on the Board of Directors of American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) – September, 2008 – September, 2011
• Government Affairs Steering Committee AAO-HNS, Member – 10/01/2008 to 09/30/2009
• 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
• American Rhinologic Society Board, 2nd Vice President of the American Rhinologic Society, September, 2008-2009, 1st Vice President 2009-2010, President-Elect 2010-2011, President in 2011-2012, Immediate Past President 2012-2013
• 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
• Elected in a General Election on the Board of Directors of AAO-HNS as Co-Ordinator of Practice Affairs September 2008d
• 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)
• Triologic Meeting Eastern Section: Program Committee Member, January 23-25, 2004, NYC, NY; Moderator Poster Session; Moderator Panel on Rhinology
• Otolaryngic Pathology Committee – 2003-2005
• Rhinology and Paranasal Sinus disease Committee-AAO-HNS, October, 2002-September, 2003 ; Consultant; Committee member October, 2003-2006 – September, 2009
• Consultant Professional Liability Committee-AAO-HNS, 2002-2004 – September, 2009
• Consultant Pediatric Otolaryngology Committee-AAO-HNS, 2002-2005
• Consultant Sleep Disorders Committee-AAO-HNS, October, 2002-2005
• American College of Surgeons – 1985
• American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
• American Academy of Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Full Member
• American Head and Neck Society
• American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery
• American Academy of Pediatrics – Fellow
• American Broncho-Esophagologic Association, Council – Board of Directors – Member at Large, Sept. 2005 – 2010
• Society of Ear, Nose, Throat Disorders in Children (SENTAC)
• New York Head and Neck Society – Executive Member 1991-2001; Treasurer 1996-2000, President Elect 2000-01, President 2001-02/li>
• Board of Governors – American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 1991-1999; Executive Member, 1994-99; Chairman of Rules and Regulations Committee, 1994-99; Secretary, 1997-99, Chair-Elect 1999-2000, Chairman 2000-2001, Past Chair 2001-2002
• Board of Directors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Executive Member 1999 – 2002. Elected September 2002 to represent private practice in Otolaryngology, 2002-2005
• Reviewer The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
• Executive and Finance Committee Member AAO-HNS (E + F Committee), 1999-2005
• ENTRI Board Member, AAO-HNS, (ENT Resources Inc. – subsidiary of AAO-HNS 1999-2010)
• AAO-HNS – Search Committee Member for Coordinator of Instruction Course AAO-HNS 2000-2001
• AAO-HNS Nominating Committee Member 2001
• AAO-HNS Board Liaison Member – International Com. 2000
• AAO-HNS Environmental Com. 2000-01
• AAO-HNS Interpersonal Relations Com. 2000-01
• Associate Editor, September 2002-September 2006; Member of the Editorial Review Panel of the Journal, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Reviewer 2001-2006)
• American Journal of Otolaryngology-Editorial Board Member and Reviewer (2003-present)
• ENT PAC Board Member 2000-2001
• American Medical Association
• International College of Surgeons
• American Society of Clinical Oncology – Fellow
• Nassau Surgical Society – Executive Member, 1991-2000; Past President
• New York State Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
• Nassau County Medical Society
• Nassau Academy of Medicine – Fellow
• New York State Society of Surgeons
• Long Island Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery – Past President Executive Member
• New York Academy of Medicine
• International Society of Cosmetic Surgery.
• Speech, Voice, and Swallowing Disorders Committee – Consultant (2005-2006)
• AAO-HNS representative for the JCR (Journal of Clinical Radiology) Appropriateness Criteria review panel on Headache-Was published in “JCR Appropriateness Criteria for Imaging for Headache” in 2022.