Todd E. H. Hecht, MD, SFHM, FACP
Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
Director, Anticoagulation Management Center, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Director, Anticoagulation Management Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
STEP (Synchronizing Treatments and Empowering Patients) Physician Case Lead, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Subcommittee for Academic Clinician and Clinical Tracks (COAP-ACC), Member, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Chair, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Maloney Building, Suite 5036
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-3797
Fax: 215-662-6250
Fax: 215-662-6250
Email:
todd.hecht@uphs.upenn.edu
todd.hecht@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
BS Econ. (Finance)
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, 1991.
BA (Chemistry with Honors)
University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences, 1991.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1995.
Permanent linkBS Econ. (Finance)
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, 1991.
BA (Chemistry with Honors)
University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences, 1991.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1995.
Description of Research Expertise
Anticoagulation Management and SafetyDescription of Clinical Expertise
Anticoagulation Management and SafetySelected Publications
Steinkamp J, Hecht TEH, Hennessy S, Leonard CE, Shu D, Airan-Javia S.: Off-brand: A 6-year study of medication brand and generic name usage in a multifacility academic healthcare system. J Hosp Med 18(9): 812-821, September 2023.Sokoloff LJ, Iocalano M, Jones JA, Hecht TEH.: Carotid Sinus Syndrome from Recurrent Laryngeal Cancer. 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine, Austin, TX. March 2023.
Sokoloff LJ, Asher ME, Kovach SJ, Itkin M, Hecht TEH. : Ascites from protein losing enteropathy due to thoracic duct obstruction. Poster Presentation, 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine, Austin, TX. March 2023.
Leonard CE, Brensinger CM, Bilker WB, Soprano SE, Dhopeshwarkar N, Hecht TEH, Kasner SE, Nutescu EA, Holbrook A, Carr M, Ashcroft DM, Chen C, Hennessy S: Thromboembolic Events in Users of Warfarin Treated with Different Skeletal Muscle Relaxants. Medicina 58(9): 1171, August 2022.
Zhou Y, Hecht TEH, Park J, Smith N, Dharia T.: Reactive Infectious Mucocutaneous Eruption (RIME) through Reason: Evaluating Oral Swelling in a Patient with COVID-19. Oral presentation, 2022 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting April 2022.
Zhou Y, Hecht TEH, Dharia T. : Peripheral Neuropathy Masking Rare, Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor. Poster presentation, 2022 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting April 2022.
Ramadan OI, Raper SE, Kaspar JE, Escosio D, Major-Joynes B, Anderson M, Gullotti S, Boyes N, Hecht TEH.: Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis: Why Are Patients Refusing, and What Should We Do About It? Poster presentation, 2021 American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference, virtual. July 2021.
Jiang C, Lerer R, Hecht T.: COVID-19 dysautonomia: a case report. Poster presentation, 2013 Research Day of the Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. June 2021.
Halaby R, Cuker A, Yui J, Matthews A, Ishaaya E, Traxler E, Domenico C, Cooper T, Tierney A, Niami P, van der Rijst N, Adusumalli S, Gutsche J, Giri J, Pugliese S, Hecht TEH, Pishko AM.: Bleeding risk by intensity of anticoagulation in critically ill patients with COVID-19: A retrospective cohort study. J Thromb Haemost 19(6): 1533–1545, June 2021.
Kelly Servick, Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, and Catherine Matacic: "Medicine's longest year" Science. H. Holden Thorp (eds.). American Association for the Advancement of Science, 371(6535): 1195-1199, March 2021 Notes: link: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6535/1195 OR https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/how-do-you-treat-coronavirus-here-are-physicians-best-strategies.