Dr. Alvaro Ivan Garcia, MD

Dr. Garcia practices at South Florida Surgical Specialists in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

Dr. Garcia's NPI, 1083654347, was assigned on June 7, 2006. Dr. Garcia graduated from Central University of Venezuela in 1997. Dr. Garcia holds Florida license ME93068.

Dr. Garcia's primary practice is South Florida Surgical Specialists, at 2253 N University Dr, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024 in Broward County. The practice phone is (954) 755-0111.

Dr. Garcia's primary practice is South Florida Surgical Specialists in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The medical group on file is South Florida Surgical Specialists. Dmand AI also links Dr. Garcia to 1 more physician office and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Garcia practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. Garcia's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Garcia is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Garcia's licenses on file in 3 states: Florida, Tennessee and Virginia.

Dmand AI lists hemorrhoids among the conditions Dr. Garcia treats.

CMS data shows 36 Medicare services from Dr. Garcia across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 33 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $3,622 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 33 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Garcia in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 16 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.53, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Garcia's median patient age at 68, with 44% women.

In 2024, Dr. Garcia wrote 461 Medicare Part D claims for 242 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 400 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $4,659 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 236 claims across 7 drugs.

Dr. Garcia accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 7 papers to Dr. Garcia, published from 2015 to 2019. Dr. Garcia's most frequent co-authors are Anthony Alexander Baldoni, MD, Grant Vincent Bochicchio, MD and Obeid Noor Ilahi, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Garcia to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Hernia, Abdominal and Hernia.

CMS Open Payments shows 91 general payments to Dr. Garcia from 26 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 57% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $9,833. It also lists 33 research payments totaling $183,726 from 2016 to 2018.

Dmand AI lists 4 awards for Dr. Garcia, most recently ACS Fellow in 2013.

Dr. Garcia graduated from Central University of Venezuela in 1997. Dr. Garcia is a member of ACS.

Dr. Garcia is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Cigna. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.