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. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and has been in practice 23 years. 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(325) 399-7570

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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
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Clinical Trials

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

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

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, Nicole J Zubizarreta, Jashvant Poeran, James D Lin, Saad B Chaudhary, Andrew C Hecht> ;Global Spine Journal. 2024 Mar 1
2 citations
Acute Vertebral Fractures in Skiing and Snowboarding: A 20-Year Sex-Specific Analysis of National Injury Data.
William H Huffman, Lori Jia, Xinning Li, Andrew C Hecht, Robert L Parisien, Pirruccio, K.> ;Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2022 Jul 1
3 citations
Accelerometry Data Delineate Phases of Recovery and Supplement Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Following Lumbar Laminectomy.
Dennis M Bienstock, Dhruv Shankar, Jinseong Kim, Michael Gao, Komal Srivastava, Wesley H Bronson, Saad B Chaudhary, Jashvant Poeran, James C Iatridis, Andrew C Hecht> ;World Neurosurgery. 2022 Apr 1
2 citations
Letter to the Editor Regarding "Return to Play Guidelines After Cervical Spine Injuries in American Football Athletes: A Literature-Based Review".
Alexander R. Vaccaro, Gregory D. Schroeder, Andrew C. Hecht, David O. Okonkwo, Robert G. Watkins, Robert G Watkins, Bryce A. Basques> ;Spine. 2021 Nov 15
Does the neutral zone quantification method matter? Efficacy of evaluating neutral zone during destabilization and restabilization in human spine implant testing.
T. Di Pauli von Treuheim, Laura Zengerle, Andrew C. Hecht, James C. Iatridis, Hans-Joachim Wilke> ;Journal of Biomechanics. 2021 Dec 2
2 citations
Enhanced Recovery Components for Posterior Lumbar Spine Fusion: Harnessing National Data to Compare Protocols
Murray Echt, Jashvant Poeran, Nicole Zubizarreta, Steven J Girdler, Madhu Mazumdar, Leesa M. Galatz, Stavros G. Memtsoudis, Andrew C. Hecht, Saad B. Chaudhary> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2021 Jul 28
Management of Acute Subaxial Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury in Professional Collision Athletes.
Parthik D. Patel, Srikanth N. Divi, Jose A. Canseco, Chester J. Donnally, Matthew S. Galetta, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Gregory D. Schroeder, Wellington K. Hsu, Andrew C. ...> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2021 Mar 1
6 citations
Osteoporosis is under recognized and undertreated in adult spinal deformity patients
Anmol Gupta, Thomas D. Cha, Joseph H. Schwab, Harold A. Fogel, Daniel G. Tobert, Afshin E Razi, Carl B. Paulino, Andrew C. Hecht, Christopher M. Bono, Stuart H. Hershman> ;Journal of Spine Surgery. 2021 Mar 1
1 citations
Asymptomatic Spinal Cord Compression: Is Surgery Necessary to Return to Play
Yunsoo Lee, Stephen Selverian, Wellington K. Hsu, Robert G Watkins, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Andrew C. Hecht> ;Neurosurgery. 2021 Apr 15
Evidence-Based Management of Spinal Conditions in the Elite Athlete.
Mark A. Plantz, Steve Selverian, Tyler J. Jenkins, Robert G Watkins, Andrew C. Hecht, Wellington K. Hsu> ;Instructional Course Lectures. 2021 Jan 1
24 citations
Osteoporosis increases the likelihood of revision surgery following a long spinal fusion for adult spinal deformity
Anmol Gupta, Thomas D. Cha, Joseph H. Schwab, Harold A. Fogel, Daniel G. Tobert, Afshin E. Razi, Andrew C. Hecht, Christopher M. Bono, Stuart H. Hershman> ;The Spine Journal. 2021 Jan 1
14 citations
Ex-vivo biomechanics of repaired rat intervertebral discs using genipin crosslinked fibrin adhesive hydrogel.
Kengo Fujii, Alon Lai, Nimrod Korda, Warren W. Hom, Thomas W. Evashwick-Rogler, Philip Nasser, Andrew C. Hecht, James C. Iatridis> ;Journal of Biomechanics. 2020 Dec 2
Letter to the Editor: Individual Patient-reported Activity Levels Before and After Joint Arthroplasty Are Neither Accurate nor Reproducible.
Dennis M. Bienstock, Jashvant Poeran, James C. Iatridis, Andrew C. Hecht> ;Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2020 Oct 1
1 citations
The Management of Acute Lumbar Stress Reactions of the Pedicle and Pars in Professional Athletes Playing Collision Sports.
Alexander R. Vaccaro, Srikanth N. Divi, Christopher K. Kepler, Gregory D. Schroeder, Andrew C. Hecht, Andrew B. Dossett, Robert G Watkins, Shireen Mansoori, Jerome Reid> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2021 Aug 1
3 citations
Males Have Higher Rates of Peri-operative Mortality Following Surgery for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture.
Anmol Gupta, Thomas D. Cha, Joseph H. Schwab, Harold A. Fogel, Daniel G. Tobert, S. Cho, Andrew C. Hecht, Christopher M. Bono, Stuart H. Hershman> ;Osteoporosis International. 2021 Apr 1
13 citations
Updated Return-to-Play Recommendations for Collision Athletes After Cervical Spine Injury: A Modified Delphi Consensus Study With the Cervical Spine Research Society
Gregory D. Schroeder, Jose A. Canseco, Parthik D. Patel, Alan S. Hilibrand, Christopher K. Kepler, Srdjan M Mirkovic, Robert G Watkins, Andrew B. Dossett, Andrew C. He...> ;Neurosurgery. 2020 Sep 15
5 citations
The Rate of Heterotopic Ossification Following Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Comparison of Data.
James Dowdell, Jun S. Kim, Christopher M. Mikhail, Samuel C. Overley, Jay M. Levin, Steven J. McAnany, Thomas E. Mroz, Andrew C. Hecht> ;Spine. 2020 Sep 15
20 citations
Development of a two-part biomaterial adhesive strategy for annulus fibrosus repair and ex vivo evaluation of implant herniation risk.
J B E Tyler DiStefano, Jennifer O. Shmukler, B E Theodor Di Pauli von Treuheim, Warren W. Hom, David A. Goldberg, Damien M. Laudier, Philip Nasser, Andrew C. Hecht, St...> ;Biomaterials. 2020 Aug 12
2 citations
Age Is Just a Number: Patient Age Does Not Affect Outcome Following Surgery for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures:
Anmol Gupta, Thomas D. Cha, Joseph H. Schwab, Harold A. Fogel, Daniel G. Tobert, Sheeraz A. Qureshi, Andrew C. Hecht, Christopher M. Bono, Stuart H. Hershman> ;Global Spine Journal. 2021 Sep 1
4 citations
The Prevalence and Management of Stingers in College and Professional Collision Athletes.
Daniel R. Bowles, Jose A. Canseco, Tyler D Alexander, Gregory D. Schroeder, Andrew C. Hecht, Alexander R. Vaccaro> ;Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine. 2020 Jul 20
3 citations
Posterior Fusion for the Subaxial Cervical Spine: A Review of the Major Techniques:
Christopher M. Mikhail, James Dowdell, Andrew C. Hecht> ;HSS Journal. 2020 Jul 1
6 citations
Physician Decision-making in Return to Play After Cervical Spine Injury: A Descriptive Analysis of Survey Data.
Chierika Ukogu, Dennis M. Bienstock, Christopher Ferrer, Nicole Zubizarreta, Steven J. McAnany, Saad B. Chaudhary, James C. Iatridis, Andrew C. Hecht> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2020 Aug 1
4 citations
Contained-Delivery Route and the Administration of Postoperative Steroids Following Anterior Cervical Spinal Fusion With Low-dose rhBMP-2 Reduces the Magnitude of Resp...
Noor Maza, Christopher Ferrer, Sheeraz A. Qureshi, Samuel K. Cho, Saad B. Chaudhary, Andrew C. Hecht> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2019 Dec 1
2 citations
Correction: Dietary polyphenols as a safe and novel intervention for modulating pain associated with intervertebral disc degeneration in an in-vivo rat model.
Alon Lai, Lap Ho, Thomas W Evashwick-Rogler, Hironobu Watanabe, Jonathan Salandra, Beth A Winkelstein, Damien Laudier, Andrew C Hecht, Giulio M Pasinetti, James C Iatr...> ;Plos One. 2019 Nov 20
5 citations
Plastic Surgeon Closure of Index Spinal Cases: A Single-Institution Review of 928 Cases
Elizabeth H. Weissler, Arthur L. Jenkins, Andrew C. Hecht, Peter J. Taub> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2019 Nov 1
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Press Mentions

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