NEW YORK -- Dr. David Altchek, who performed more than 2,000 Tommy John surgeries and was the New York Mets' longtime medical director, died Thursday. He was 68.
His death was announced by the Hospital for Special Surgery, where he was co-chief emeritus. Altchek told associates last year he had been diagnosed with a brain tumor.
He was the Mets head team physician from 1991 to 2001 and medical director from 2005 to '24, physician of the U.S. Davis Cup team from 1999 to 2003, and North American medical director of the ATP Tour. Altchek was co-chief of HSS's sports medicine and shoulder service from 2005 to '14.