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Joyce Bechter Geilker, MD
Accepting New Patients
UVA Health Provider

Joyce Bechter Geilker, MD

Internal Medicine

Primary Phone Number
Fax Number
434.297.9469

Bio & Overview

Joyce Geilker, MD, is a full-time general internist at UVA Northridge, where she sees men and women ages 18-100+. She loves the challenges and expanse of the field of medicine, and as a general internist she has the opportunity to treat a wide variety of medical issues. She works closely with subspecialists when needed for her patients and helps coordinate their care. 

Dr. Geilker was born in Iowa and spent her early years in Vermont and Connecticut, while her father was completing his PhD at Yale. Her family then moved to Liberty, Missouri (north of Kansas City) where she spent the majority of her years growing up. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Missouri and then came to UVA for medical school and her internal medicine residency. After completing her training, she joined the faculty at UVA in 1993. 

Married with three children (two sons and a daughter), Dr. Geilker loves spending her free time with her family. She enjoys hiking in the mountains, which she and her family do very regularly; she also thoroughly enjoys swimming and traveling.

 

 

Academic Information

Department
Medicine
Academic Role
Assistant Professor
Division
General Internal Medicine
Gender
Female
Languages
English
Age Groups Seen
Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
Primary Education
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Residency
University of Virginia Medical Center
Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)

Highlights

Awards

  • 2019 Best Bedside Manner Awards, OurHealth Charlottesville and Shenandoah Valley Magazine; Honorable Mention, Internal Medicine

  • 2015-2020 Best Doctors in America® List 

Reviews

1033 Patient Satisfaction Ratings

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Overall
4.9 Out of 5
Provider showed concern
Provider explained things clearly
Provider included you in decisions
Provider discussed treatment options
Likelihood of recommending this provider

213 Patient Comments

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Dr Geilker was so helpful. She addressed all of my concerns, listened carefully, and offered options.
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Great service
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I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROVIDER FOR MORE THEN DECADE, ALWAYS WITH CONCERN FOR THE BEST PHYSICIAN IF SOMETHING SPECIFIC LIKE HEARING, OR MEMORY IS A ISSUE SHE WILL SCHEDULE A NEW APPOINTMENT FOR ME
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Dr. Geilker is an excellent physician. Always thorough, never rushed. Remembers previous conversations about my life, travels, children. Extremely pleasant and friendly. Trust her judgment and appreciate her including me in decision making.
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Dr Geilker is a gem! I'm so lucky she's my primary care physician! After breast cancer and chemo that's left me crippled with neuropathy, Dr Geilker's experience, expertise, advice, gentle friendliness, and genuine caring are blessings I treasure. At eighty now, I'll need her help more than ever. And she never treats me as a number, always as an important patient she genuinely cares about and enjoys. I'd say she should teach other doctors how to be better at their jobs. But others can't be her. It's just who she is. We're all lucky to have her!
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Dr. Geilker has always been attentive to what ever issues I might. She's wonderful!