Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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David Cervantes, MD, PHD

Individual provider Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · NPI 1609294834

David Cervantes, MD, PHD practises Thoracic Surgery in Fort Myers, Florida. Graduated from University of Illinois College of Med (CHI/PEOR/ROCK/Chm-Urb) in 2014, 12 years ago. Practices with Lee Health System Inc, a 1,375-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Florida.

Years since qualifying
12
Trained at
University of Illinois College of Med (CHI/PEOR/ROCK/Chm-Urb)
Licensed in
FL
In the registry since
2014
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.
PHD — Doctor of Philosophy
A research doctorate. In healthcare it usually sits alongside a clinical licence.

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Practice location Address checks out

9981 S Healthpark Dr # 156
Fort Myers, FL 33908-3618
Phone: (239) 343-6341
Fax: (239) 343-6342
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Specialties & licences

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208G00000X · Licence ME148090 (FL)

Record details

NPI number1609294834
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD , PHD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedApril 4, 2014
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 9, 2026
Certification dateSeptember 9, 2026

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyTHORACIC SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF MED (CHI/PEOR/ROCK/CHM-URB)
Graduated 2014 (12 years in practice)
Group practice Lee Health System Inc — 1375 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) 13 times · 50th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients303
Services billed 934 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age78

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $4,766 83 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $1,979 10 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Alpha Home Care Services Llc Home health agency · Fort Myers, FL
  • Lee Memorial Home Health, Inc. Home health agency · Fort Myers, FL · listed as Lee Memorial Home Health Inc
  • Cape Coral Hospital Hospital · Cape Coral, FL
  • Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health Hospital · Fort Myers, FL
  • Lee Memorial Hospital Hospital · Fort Myers, FL
  • Preferred Care Home Health Services Home health agency · Fort Myers, FL
  • Trilogy Home Healthcare Home health agency · Estero, FL

Colleagues at Lee Health System Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1375 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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