Dr. Elizabeth Hecht attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completed an Internal Medicine internship at Greenwich Hospital-Yale University, a diagnostic residency at Weill Cornell Medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital, and a fellowship in Cardiac and Body MRI at New York University. She has been working in academic medicine throughout her career and joined WCM in June 2020.

Dr. Hecht clinically specializes in body and vascular imaging with particular expertise in MRI, but interprets a wide range of imaging examinations, including radiography, CT, Ultrasound, and MR angiography. Her current research interests include liver and pancreatic cancer imaging and clinical translation of new MRI technology. She has mentored many trainees and junior faculty over the years in clinical and research endeavors and aims to strengthen and expand the mentoring program at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Dr. Hecht is an active member of many societies, including the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), the Radiological Society of North America, the Society of Abdominal Radiology, the Society of Advanced Body Imaging, the American Association for Women Radiologists, the American College of Radiology, and the New York Roentgen Society. She served as Associate Editor for American Journal of Radiology (AJR) from 2011-2020 and served as deputy editor for Journal of Magnetic Resonance in Imaging from 2013 to 2020. She also reviews for many other journals, including Radiology, RadioGraphics, Abdominal Radiology, Journal of the American College of Radiology, and Journal of Computed Tomography. She was formerly a board member of the Society of MR Angiography and of ISMRM.  She is Co-Chair of the Management and International working groups of The Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) of the American College of Radiology (ACR).