Shaun P. Setty

The Larry and Helen Hoag Endowed Chair of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery

Business Address:
Memorial Heart Vascular Institute
Division of Pediatric and Adult Congenital 
Cardiac Surgery
2801 Atlantic Ave
Long Beach, CA 90806

Office Phone: (562) 933-3325 
Office Fax: (562) 933-3330

Board Certification
• The American Board of Surgery 
     o Recertified 2013
• The American Board of Thoracic Surgery 
     o Recertified 2015
• The American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Subspecialty of Congenital Cardiac Surgery
     o Recertified 2019 

Medical Staff Positions
September 2021 – Present Attending Cardiac Surgeon, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
October 2019 – December 2021 Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery Section, Long Beach Memorial Hospital and Miller Children’s Hospital
January 2019 – January 2020 Interim Medical Director for Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Long Beach Memorial Hospital
January 2019- Present Vice-Chief, Pediatric Surgery, Miller Children’s Hospital
June 2011 – Present Memorial Care Medical Group - Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital/Long Beach Memorial Hospital Long Beach, California
                       • Medical Director and Chief of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery
                       • Helen E. Hoag Endowed Chair in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery
                       • Surgical Director of ECMO Services
                       • Established Comprehensive ECMO Program
                       • Established Pediatric Cardiac ICU
June 2008 – June 2011 Ochsner Medical Group – Ochsner Medical Center New Orleans, Louisiana
                       • Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery Attending
                       • Surgical Director Pediatric Cardiac Transplant and Heart Failure
                       • Adult Heart/Lung Transplant Surgeon
                      

Industry

Jan 1 2021-Present Chief Medical Officer – HD Medical Group

Education & Training
7/2006-8/2007 Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia
                                           • Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship

6/2003-6/2006 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
                                           • 3 year Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
                                           • UNOS Director Numbers for Heart and Lung Transplantation (Donor & Transplant)
6/1997 – 6/2000, 7/2001-6/2003 Oregon Health & Sciences University Portland, Oregon
                                           • General Surgery Residency
7/2000 – 6/2001 Green Lane Hospital Auckland, New Zealand
                                           • Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Registrar 6 months
                                           • Adult Cardiac Surgery and Research Registrar 6 months
8/1993 – 6/1997 Medical College of Ohio Toledo, Ohio
                                           • Degree: Doctor of Medicine
                                           • Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
9/1989 – 3/1993 University of California, San Diego, Revelle College La Jolla, CA
                                            • Degree: Bachelor of Science (Dean’s Honor Roll)
                                            • Major: Biochemistry / Cell Biology Minor: Health Care & Social Issues
9/1985 – 6/1989 St. Joseph High School Santa Maria, California
                                            • Honor’s Program

Academic Honors & Awards

1) Undergraduate Provost’s Honor Roll (1989-1993)
2) Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society in Medical school
3) Lifeline Foundation Research Grant awarded during third year of medical school to study Vascular Biology via ultrasound.
4) Rose Award (Recognizing Outstanding Service Excellence) twice during general Surgery residency
5) Patient’s Choice Award 2008: Nationally given to less than 5% of physicians by their Patients.
6) Patient’s Choice Award 2009: See above
7) 2009 Finalist Spirit of Leadership Award (Ochsner Clinic System) : Finalist for New Physician of the year. System includes 8 hospitals and 35 health centers
8) Elected to 2010 BEST DOCTORS IN USA
9) Elected to 2010 Best Doctors in Louisiana
10) Patient’s Choice Award 2010: see above
11) Elected to 2011 BEST DOCTORS IN USA
12) Patient’s Choice Award 2011: see above
13) 2011 Compassionate Doctor Recognition: given to less than 3% of physicians by their patients in 2011
14) Elected to 2012 BEST DOCTORS IN USA
15) Placed in “Top 3 Cardiac Specialists” in Long Beach
16) 2016 Friends of Nursing Nomination from Long Beach Memorial Hospital and Miller Children’s Hospital
17) One of 15 Young Physician Leaders to Know, Becker’s Hospital Review December 2016
18) Los Angeles Business Journal, 2017, “Top Doctors”. Only one of two physicians in the Pediatrics category who was awarded.
19) Award for Best of Long Beach 2019 – Surgeon
20) Leaders of Influence: Los Angeles Business Journal, Top Los Angeles Doctors 2022 – Cardiac Surgeon