David Hersh, MD

Attending, Pediatric Neurosurgery

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Headshot of David Hersh, MD, a neurosurgeon at Connecticut Children's

Dr. Hersh is a pediatric neurosurgeon at Connecticut Children’s. His clinical and research interests include fetal surgery, neurosurgical oncology (brain tumors and spinal cord tumors), epilepsy surgery, congenital anomalies including spina bifida and Chiari malformations, neurotrauma, endoscopic surgery, and craniofacial surgery.

Education

New York University School of Medicine

Residency

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Fellowship

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital / St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

  • Neurosurgery, The American Board of Neurological Surgery
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery,  The American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery

Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Locations Where I See Patients

Connecticut Children’s Specialty Care Center – Westport

191 Post Road West
Westport, CT06880
United States

outside view of new clinical tower

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center – Hartford

282 Washington Street
Hartford, CT06106
United States

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Most Recent Comments

March 3, 2026
Dr. Hersh has always been available and open with assistance for everything and anything autumn could need. He always makes me feel like we have such a dedicated doctor and team watching over and keeping autumn moving forward in her health journey
March 3, 2026
We love Dr Hersh and have been seeing him for a few years. Very kind and personable
January 1, 2026
Very thoughtful, explained everything in plain language that was easily understood and made us feel at ease! Fantastic experience and highly recommend Dr. Hersh!
November 11, 2025
Dr Hersh extremely professional, friendly, and treated us with respect
November 11, 2025
Super nice and just overall great bedside manners
September 9, 2025
Dr. Hersh is professional and pleasant. He was recommended to us by our previous neurosurgeon in NY. He seems knowledgeable and kind. He took the time to discuss my concerns, view my child's images together and discuss alternative treatment plans. Overall, I'm very happy with Dr. Hersh. My only concern was that he was not aware of which type of shunt my child had and did not have the programming tools for it despite having spoken to our previous neurosurgeon personally months ago and having received all the medical documentation for my son weeks ago. This was disappointing. However, Dr. Hersh was able to obtain the correct programming equipment for my child's shunt by the following afternoon and was then able to assess everything accurately and learn how to use the new equipment. I do hope that for future patients he will be more thorough in his review of medical hx prior to the first visit with the patient so that if he needs extra equipment to care for them effectively, he would have the time to obtained it and be trained on it prior to meeting the patient.
June 6, 2025
Explained everything we wanted to know and did not feel rushed
May 5, 2025
The doctor and me are on the same page with my child's care plan.