Dr. Erik A. Sylvin, MD, MS

  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Cardiothoracic surgeon
NPI1275786253PAC ID2062715113
Medicare services, 2024
160
Medicare patients, 2024
84
Part D claims, 2024
25
Publications
5
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
4725 N Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
Practice phone
Call (954) 771-8000
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Primary practice

Holy Cross Health

Hospital · Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Dr. Erik A. Sylvin is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Dr. Sylvin practices at Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, part of Trinity Health.

Dr. Sylvin's NPI, 1275786253, was assigned on November 4, 2008. Dr. Sylvin graduated from Drexel University College Of Medicine in 2006. Dr. Sylvin holds Florida license ME137675.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2062715113
NPI enumeration date
November 4, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(954) 771-8000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
46
Medical school graduation
2006

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Erik A. Sylvin practices at Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Dr. Sylvin's primary practice is Holy Cross Health, at 4725 N Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 in Broward County. The practice phone is (954) 771-8000.

  • Holy Cross Health
    4725 N Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 · Broward CountyPhone(954) 771-8000

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Erik A. Sylvin is affiliated with 1 site of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Sylvin's primary practice is Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, part of Trinity Health. The medical group on file is Holy Cross Medical Group.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Erik A. Sylvin's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Holy Cross HealthAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Erik A. Sylvin is one of 418 cardiothoracic surgeons in Florida

Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Dr. Sylvin's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Dr. Sylvin is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Sylvin's licenses on file in 3 states: Florida, New York and Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery), FloridaPrimaryLicense ME137675 · 2018 to 2027 · taxonomy 208G00000X
  • New York license2008 to 2025
  • Pennsylvania license2012 to 2024

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine surgery among the conditions Dr. Sylvin treats.

Cardiothoracic surgeons near Dr. Sylvin

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Dr. Erik A. Sylvin billed Medicare for 160 services in 2024

CMS data shows 160 Medicare services from Dr. Sylvin across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 84 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $14,715 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024160
Medicare patients84
Paid by Medicare$14,715
Procedure codes5

Dr. Sylvin's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 792024: 160103%

Dr. Sylvin compared with the Florida median for cardiothoracic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Sylvin
  • Florida median
Medicare services
160vs 159Close to median
Medicare patients
84vs 11024% below
Part D claims
12vs 2450% below

Medians across 347 cardiothoracic surgeons in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Sylvin's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Erik A. Sylvin treated 84 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 84 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sylvin in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 35 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.71, 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. Sylvin's median patient age at 71, with 51% women.

Medicare patients, 202484
Average age74
Average risk score2.71
Also on Medicaid17%

Dr. Sylvin's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Sylvin's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women4048%
  • Men4452%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Sylvin's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Ischemic heart disease64%
  4. Arthritis56%
  5. COPD50%
  6. Cancer48%
  7. Chronic kidney disease42%
  8. Diabetes39%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Sylvin's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women51%
  • Men49%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Erik A. Sylvin wrote 25 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Sylvin wrote 25 Medicare Part D claims for 19 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 12 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $109 in total drug cost.

Part D claims, 202425
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$109
Part D patients19

Dr. Sylvin's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic23 claims92%
  • Brand-name and other2 claims8%

Dr. Sylvin's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2018

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Sylvin's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids52%13 of 25 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Erik A. Sylvin ranks in the 45th percentile for upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux in Medicare

Dr. Sylvin accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 13 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Sylvin, more than 45% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Sylvin ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
45th percentile13 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Erik A. Sylvin has 5 publications on record

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Sylvin, published from 2003 to 2022. Dr. Sylvin has published most often in Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep. Dr. Sylvin's most frequent co-authors are Rajika Jindani, MD, John C. Kucharczuk, MD and David H. Stern, MD.

Papers5
Years published2003 to 2022

Dr. Sylvin's papers by year, 2003 to 2022

Dr. Sylvin's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Sylvin

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Dr. Erik A. Sylvin received $22,803 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 135 general payments to Dr. Sylvin from 27 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 51% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $19,223.

General payments to Dr. Sylvin by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Sylvin by kind, 2016 to 2025

$22.8Kin total
  • Education$11,66151%
  • Travel and lodging$6,24027%
  • Food and beverage$4,60220%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$3001%

Companies that paid Dr. Sylvin the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Erik A. Sylvin has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Sylvin, most recently AOA in 2006.

Awards and honors for Dr. Sylvin

  1. 2006
    • AOA

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Erik A. Sylvin graduated from Drexel University College Of Medicine

Dr. Sylvin graduated from Drexel University College Of Medicine in 2006. Dr. Sylvin is a member of STS.

  1. Medical schoolDrexel University College Of Medicine
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery
  3. Board certified in thoracic and cardiac surgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Erik A. Sylvin accepts plans from 16 insurance carriers

Dr. Sylvin is in network with 16 carriers, including Elevance, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Sylvin accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO11
  2. HMO9
  3. Medicare9
  4. POS5
  5. EPO4
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Erik A. Sylvin's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Erik A. Sylvin's NPI number?

Dr. Erik A. Sylvin's NPI number is 1275786253. It was assigned on November 4, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Erik A. Sylvin?

Dr. Erik A. Sylvin is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (taxonomy code 208G00000X).

Where does Dr. Erik A. Sylvin practice?

Dr. Sylvin practices at 4725 N Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308. Dr. Sylvin's primary practice is Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, part of Trinity Health.

What is Dr. Erik A. Sylvin's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Sylvin is (954) 771-8000.

What is Dr. Erik A. Sylvin's medical license number?

Dr. Sylvin holds Florida license ME137675, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Erik A. Sylvin been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Sylvin in Florida (2018 to 2027), New York (2008 to 2025) and Pennsylvania (2012 to 2024).

Which hospitals is Dr. Erik A. Sylvin affiliated with?

Dr. Sylvin practices at Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

What medical group is Dr. Erik A. Sylvin part of?

Dr. Sylvin is linked to Holy Cross Medical Group.

Does Dr. Erik A. Sylvin accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Sylvin billed Medicare for 160 services in 2024, and Dr. Sylvin accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Erik A. Sylvin see?

CMS counts 84 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sylvin in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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Is Dr. Erik A. Sylvin board certified?

Yes. Dr. Sylvin is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

What services does Dr. Erik A. Sylvin bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Sylvin's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), office visit, new patient (99205) and hospital inpatient care (99222).

Where did Dr. Erik A. Sylvin go to medical school?

Dr. Sylvin graduated from Drexel University College Of Medicine in 2006.

What drugs does Dr. Erik A. Sylvin prescribe most?

In 2018 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Sylvin's most prescribed drugs by claims were Pantoprazole Sodium.

Has Dr. Erik A. Sylvin received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $22,803 in general payments to Dr. Sylvin from 27 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Erik A. Sylvin been practicing?

Dr. Sylvin graduated from medical school in 2006, 20 years ago.

Does Dr. Erik A. Sylvin do research?

Dmand AI links 5 publications to Dr. Sylvin, published from 2003 to 2022.

Who does Dr. Erik A. Sylvin publish with?

Dr. Sylvin's most frequent co-authors are Rajika Jindani, MD (1 shared paper), John C. Kucharczuk, MD (1 shared paper) and David H. Stern, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Erik A. Sylvin accept?

Dr. Sylvin is in network with 16 carriers, including Elevance, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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