Dr. Silver received his BS in 1968 from Allegheny College and his Medical Degree from Autonomous University of Guadalajara School of Medicine, Jalisco, Mexico in 1972. He completed his Medical Internship, Residency and Fellowship in Gastroenterology from 1972 to 1978 at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn NY.

He was President of the Rockland County Medical Society, President of the Medical Staff at Nyack Hospital, Chairman of the Medical Executive Committee and a member of the Nyack Hospital Board of Trustees.