Mr. Sylvan serves as chief strategy, innovation and marketing officer at University Hospitals, a $6.4 billion comprehensive health system, where he oversees strategic planning, innovation, commercialization, marketing and business development across 21 hospitals, more than 50 health centers and over 200 physician offices. Over five years leading UH Ventures, he supported more than 450 invention disclosures, over 640 patents and 120-plus commercialization agreements, while building a portfolio of more than 20 companies and engaging in over 40 external collaborations. Mr. Sylvan has transformed the health system’s marketing function into a strategic, analytics-driven engine, with his team leveraging AI tools to automate processes, enhance patient experience and generate significant cost savings by replicating certain vendor tools in-house. He also leads UH’s “SportsLand” platform, a nationally recognized initiative for sports innovation, technology and healthcare that drew over 445 attendees and 18-plus sponsors in 2025. In addition, he heads sports medicine collaborations with the Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Monsters, Cleveland Ballet, and more than 80 university, high school and community teams. UH Cleveland Medical Center was ranked No. 16 academic medical center in the world and No. 8 in the U.S. by Brand Finance, and was named a 2026 Forbes “America’s Dream Employer,” making it the only Ohio-based organization among the top 25. Mr. Sylvan also serves as an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University, where he mentors future leaders in healthcare innovation.
