Dr. Sett received his MD from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada in 1983 and received the Horner prize in Pediatrics. He completed a rotating internship at City Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1984. He then completed a residency in General Surgery at the University of Saskatchewan and passed the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada fellowship examinations in General Surgery in 1988. Dr. Sett then completed the residency in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1991 and passed the Royal College of Physician’s and Surgeons of Canada fellowship examinations in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery in1991.

From 1991 to 1993 Dr. Sett was a Duncan L. Gordon Fellow in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Research at The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Sett then returned to the University of British Columbia as a pediatric cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1993 until 2004. He was a Clinical Assistant and then Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, University of British Columbia until 2004. Dr. Sett was an adult congenital cardiac surgeon at St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from1998-2004.

From 2004 to present Dr. Sett has been Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York and since 2006 Clinical Professor of Surgery, New York Medical College.

One of Dr. Sett’s many areas of expertise is in neonatal myocardial protection. He has received a number of research grants, has given numerous invited presentations nationally and internationally and has a published extensively in his field.