Andrew C. Hecht
Andrew C. Hecht, M.D., is an American orthopaedic surgeon and a nationally recognized leader in surgery on the spine. Hecht serves as the spine surgical consultant to the New York Jets, the New York Islanders and the New York Dragons, as well as collegiate teams at Hofstra University and Molloy College, and is the Chief of Spine Surgery for the Mount Sinai Health System and Chief of Spine Surgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital, Director of the Mount Sinai Spine Center of Mount Sinai Doctors, the Faculty Practice and Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurologic Surgery  at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, both in New York City. Hecht was selected for "New York Magazine"'s “Top Doctors” and as one of Castle Connolly's Top Doctors for the New York Metro Area for Orthopaedic Spine Surgery and Castle Connolly's “Top Doctors in America” for Orthopaedic Spine Surgery. He was elected as “Top Physician” to "The New York Times" Super Doctors and Best Doctors in America. Hecht is the author of numerous original peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, invited contributions, multiple books and book chapters and is a contributing author to the Interactive Educational  Program for Spine. He recently contributed and edited an issue of Seminars in Spine Surgery dedicated to Spine Injuries in Athletes. He directs the acute spine and spinal cord injury program for the New York Jets and routinely cares for athletes who sustain spine injuries. Biography. Hecht was born in New York City in 1967. He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1989 and earned his M.D. with magna cum laude honors at Harvard Medical School in 1994. His postdoctoral training includes an internship in general surgery at New England Deaconess Hospital and the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery  Residency Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which he completed in 1991. He then completed a fellowship at the Emory University Spine Center. In 2001, Hecht served as Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. That same year, Hecht founded the Newton-Wellesley Spine Center and served as it medical co-director. In 2002, he served as Director of the Spine Surgery Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. In 2003, he joined Mount Sinai Medical Center as Chief of Spine Surgery and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery. Hecht is  a member of the North American Spine Society, the Cervical Spine Research Society and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and serves on the medical board of trustees at the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation. Additionally, he serves on the faculty of numerous courses and meetings to teach spine surgeons the latest clinical advances and surgical techniques. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques and sits on the Publications Committee for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and founded and directed a course at Mount Sinai Medical Center to educate primary care doctors about musculoskeletal  disorders. He lectures nationally and internationally on spine surgery. Hecht's clinical interests include cervical and lumbar spine surgery, the evaluation and surgical management of degenerative disorders of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, minimally invasive spinal surgery, microsurgery, spine trauma and tumors. Research areas include cervical and lumbar spine surgery and intervertebral disc biology.