AndrewC.HechtMD

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Chief, Spine Surgery Mt. Sinai Medical Center and Health System , Professor of Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery

Overview of Dr. Hecht

Dr. Andrew Hecht is an orthopedic surgeon in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai West, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens, Mount Sinai Brooklyn, Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center, and Lenox Hill Hospital. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and has been in practice 23 years. He is one of 199 doctors at The Mount Sinai Hospital and one of 293 doctors at Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center who specialize in Orthopaedic Surgery. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Office
5 E 98th St
Box 1188
New York, NY 10029
Book by Phone+1(573) 702-3485

Fax+1 212-423-8207

Education & Training

Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1994 - 2000
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1994 - 1995
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2003 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2004 - 2025
MA State Medical License 1999 - 2004
GA State Medical License 2000 - 2001
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Most Compassionate Doctor American Registry
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Clinical Trials

Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Surgical Trial Start of enrollment: 2014 Apr 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Comparison of postoperative complications and outcomes following primary versus revision discectomy: A national database analysis.
Ryan Hoang, Junho Song, Justin Tiao, Sarah Trent, Alex Ngan
Journal of Craniovertebral Junction & Spine. 2024-09-12
The Fragility of Statistical Findings in Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: a Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Emmanuel C Megafu, Michael N Megafu, Janet T Nguyen, Elisabeth Point Du Jour, Wesley H Bronson
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 2024-06-01
1 citations
Postoperative Opioid Use and Prescribing Patterns among Patients Undergoing Cervical Laminectomy with Instrumented Fusion versus Cervical Laminoplasty with Reconstruct...
Dhruv S Shankar, Jinseong Kim, Dennis M Bienstock, Michael Gao, Yunsoo Lee
Global Spine Journal. 2024-03-01

Press Mentions

Carson Daly Is on 'Path Back to Being Healthy' After Back Surgery: 'I Was Masking the Pain'October 18th, 2022
Carson Daly Opens up About Struggle with Low Back Pain and Decision to Get Major SurgerySeptember 1st, 2022
Carson Daly Is on the 'Road to Recovery' After Second Back Surgery in 3 MonthsAugust 31st, 2022
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