Dr. Robert D. Ecker, M.D.
Neurosurgery (Neurological Surgery Physician)
49 Spring St, 1st Floor
Scarborough, ME 04074
Who else practices at this address →
Cumberland County includes primary care (5% of residents) shortage areas. About shortage areas
- Medicare participating
At a glance
- Medical school
- Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine (1999)
- Years since graduation
- 27
- In the NPI registry since
- 2006
- Medicare patients seen, 2024
- 84
The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. NPIs were first issued in May 2005 and became required on claims in 2007–2008, so an early date usually means the clinician was already in practice before then. What an NPI is
Education and training
- 1999Medical school: Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine
- 2006Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date) — NPIs began in 2005, so practice likely started earlier
Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).
Specialties and state licenses
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Neurological Surgery Physician primary
ME license MD18438 · NY license 230442
As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.
Where they work
Hospitals
- Mainehealth Maine Medical Center Portland, ME
- Maine General Medical Center Augusta, ME
- Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick, ME
- Memorial Hospital, the North Conway, NH
Medical groups
- Mainehealth (2,633 clinicians)
Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.
Medicare patients and services
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 84
- Services billed
- 215
- Patients’ average age
- 74
| Service | Times | Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 26 | 24 |
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | 25 | 21 |
| Removal of blood clot and injection to dissolve blood clot from head artery using fluoroscopic guidance | 19 | 18 |
| New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | 19 | 19 |
| New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | 18 | 18 |
| Insertion of tube into internal neck artery for diagnosis or treatment with review by radiologist | 13 | 12 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.
Payments from drug and device companies
In 2025, 1 companies reported 7 payments worth $1,178 in total to this clinician.
| Balt USA, LLC | $1,178 |
|---|
| Travel and Lodging | $707 |
|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $471 |
What the payments were for
| Company | What it was for | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Balt USA, LLC Jun 19, 2025 | Travel and Lodging Prestige Coil System; Optima Coil System · Neurology · travel to Irvine, CA · in-kind | $358 |
| Balt USA, LLC Jun 18, 2025 | Travel and Lodging Prestige Coil System; Optima Coil System · Neurology · travel to Irvine, CA · in-kind | $313 |
| Balt USA, LLC Jun 22, 2025 | Travel and Lodging Prestige Coil System; Optima Coil System · Neurology · travel to Irvine, CA · in-kind | $35.00 |
Each payment as the company reported it, with the products it named. Meals are counted in the totals above but not listed one by one.
From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.
Industry-funded research
Named as a principal investigator on 2 industry-funded studies in 2025, from 2 companies. The companies reported $8,407 in research payments for these studies, mostly to the institutions running them.
- Clinical Outcome Measure at VB Spine (COMPAS)
Vb Spine LLC - A Prospective multi center single arm study to obtain real world clinical data and characterize the acute and long term performance of the Micrusframe and Galaxy coils for the endovascular treatment of intracranial an…
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.
From CMS Open Payments research payments, where companies name up to five principal investigators per payment. Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites, not to the investigator personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.