Dr. Robert Leonard Gekle, MD

Dr. Gekle practices at St. Joseph Hospital in Bethpage, New York, part of Diocese of Rockville Centre.

Dr. Gekle's NPI, 1518195320, was assigned on June 30, 2009. Dr. Gekle graduated from New York Medical College in 2009. Dr. Gekle holds New York license 259894.

Dr. Gekle's primary practice is St. Joseph Hospital, at 4295 Hempstead Turnpike, Bethpage, NY 11714 in Nassau County. The practice phone is (516) 759-6000.

Dr. Gekle's primary practice is St. Joseph Hospital in Bethpage, New York, part of Diocese of Rockville Centre. Dr. Gekle is also affiliated with North Shore University Hospital. The medical group on file is Progressive Emergency Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gekle to 1 more hospital and 7 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Gekle practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Emergency medicine is Dr. Gekle's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Gekle is licensed in New York.

CMS data shows 618 Medicare services from Dr. Gekle across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 609 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $80,650 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 609 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gekle in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 218 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 24% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.95, 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. Gekle's median patient age at 71, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Gekle wrote 101 Medicare Part D claims for 87 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 29 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $206 in total drug cost. In 2018, CMS named 11 claims across 1 drug.

Dr. Gekle accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 7 papers to Dr. Gekle, published from 2014 to 2021. 2019 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Emergency Service, Hospital, Pneumothorax and Point-of-Care Systems. Dr. Gekle has published most often in Am J Emerg Med. Dr. Gekle's most frequent co-authors are Christopher C. Raio, MD, Tracy Catlin, MD and Angela Rose Cirilli, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 20 general payments to Dr. Gekle from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $299.

Dr. Gekle graduated from New York Medical College in 2009.