Dr. Mihir Dekhne
Dr. Dekhne is a fifth-year orthopaedic surgery resident at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, where he focuses on spine surgery and clinical research. He earned a BA in biochemistry, summa cum laude, and an MS in chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania before attending Harvard Medical School. He has authored more than 30 publications, including work in JAMA, and has received scholarships from the Cervical Spine Research Society and the American Orthopaedic Association. He has served on admissions committees at Penn, Harvard Medical School and HSS, where he interviewed candidates and reviewed applications, and he has mentored, tutored and taught students throughout his training. Dr. Dekhne enjoys getting to know each student individually and helping them identify their strengths and build an authentic strategy for the admissions process.
