Overview
| Specialty | Orthopaedic Surgery |
|---|---|
| Clinical Interests | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery |
| Spinal Stenosis | |
| Herniated Disc | |
| Back Surgery | |
| Cervical Spinal Disorders | |
| Cervical Spine Surgery | |
| Microsurgery of the Spine | |
| Spinal Surgery | |
| Spinal Tumors | |
| Spine Reconstruction | |
| Spine Trauma | |
| Languages | English |
| Spanish | |
| Gender | Male |
| andrew.hecht@mssm.edu | |
| Education and Training | MD, Harvard Medical School |
| Internship, General Surgery, New England Deaconess Hospital | |
| Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Program | |
| Fellowship, Spinal Surgery, Emory Spine Center |
Dr. Hecht is the Co-director of Spine Surgery at Mount Sinai in the Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics. Dr. Hecht is a graduate of Harvard Medical School, completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Harvard Medical School as well as a trauma fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Hecht completed a Spine Surgery Fellowship at Emory University Spine Center.
Dr. Hecht is the spine surgical consultant to the New York Jets, New York Islanders, and New York Dragons professional teams, as well as numerous collegiate teams at Hofstra University and Molloy College. He was also selected by the prestigious Castle and Connolly's Top Doctors for the New York Metro Area for Orthopaedic Spine Surgery in 2008. In addition he was selected as "Top Physician" for Spine Surgery by the Consumer Research Council of America for both 2007 and 2008.
Upon completing his spine fellowship at Emory University Spine Center, Dr. Hecht returned to Boston and joined the faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Most recently, he was the founder and Medical Co-Director of The Newton-Wellesley Spine Center and the Director of the Spine Surgery Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Hecht's clinical intersts include cervical and lumbar spine surgery, the evaluation and surgical management of degenerative disorders of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine (such as herniated discs, spinal stenosis), minimally invasive spine surgery, microsurgery, spine trauma and tumors. Dr. Hecht is a nationally recognized leader in spine surgery. He has authored numerous articles and contributed to numerous textbooks in the field of spine surgery. His research has been presented at numerous national meetings. He often serves on the faculty of courses to teach the newest surgical techniques to other spine surgeons. He also serves on the editorial review board of one of the most prestigious spine surgery journals. Dr. Hecht is a member of the North American Spine Society.
