Eric Scott Silver, MD

Eric Scott Silver, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
4.9 stars out of five. |52 ratings
Specialties
Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, morespecialties

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CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

3959 Broadway
New York, NY 10032
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Insurances Accepted


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  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • EPO
  • NY Signature
  • Student Health
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Essential Plan
  • Special Needs
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • Great West (National)
  • EPO
  • POS
  • Special Needs
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra
  • EPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • ConnectiCare
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • Individual Network (Exchange)
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Local 1199
  • MagnaCare
  • Traditional Medicare
  • Multiplan
  • HMO
  • Essential Plan
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • TRICARE
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Empire Plan
  • Oxford Liberty
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • SelectHealth
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Special Needs
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • World Trade Center Health Plan

About Eric Scott Silver, MD


Eric S. Silver, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist and electrophysiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He specializes in diagnosing and treating heart rhythm disorders in infants, children, adolescents, and young adults, including patients with congenital heart disease. He also serves as Director of Pediatric Implantable Devices at NewYork-Presbyterian.

Dr. Silver has extensive experience treating abnormal heart rhythms using medications, catheter ablation, pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), and implantable heart rhythm monitors. His clinical interests include supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, heart block, long QT syndrome, and other inherited or acquired rhythm disorders. He has also helped advance techniques that minimize the use of radiation during catheter ablation procedures in children.

Dr. Silver received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital. He completed his pediatric cardiology fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital/Columbia University, followed by advanced fellowship training in pediatric electrophysiology at Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco. He is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology and is a Certified Electrophysiology Specialist.

In addition to caring for patients, Dr. Silver is an active educator and researcher. His research has focused on pediatric arrhythmias, catheter ablation, pacemakers and ICDs, heart block, and new technologies for diagnosing and managing heart rhythm conditions. He has published extensively in the field and has received multiple awards recognizing his dedication to teaching.

Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Cardiology
  • Pediatrics

Specialties & Expertise

  • Arrhythmia Management
  • Cardiac Arrest
  • Cryoablation
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  • Implant Cardiac Defibrillator
  • long QT Syndrome
  • Loop Recorder
  • Pacemaker Implant
  • Pacemaker Management
  • Pediatric Electrophysiology
  • Pediatric Holter Monitor
  • Radiofrequency Ablation
  • Supraventricular Tachycardia SVT
  • Ventricular Tachycardia

EDUCATION

  • Internship: Yale-New Haven Hospital
  • Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital
  • Fellowship: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian
  • Fellowship: Lucille Packard Children's Hospital-Stanford University

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Patient Experience Rating


Current Combined Rating
4.9 stars out of five. |52 ratings
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  3. Did the provider treat you with courtesy and respect?
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