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Linda S Gatto, NP-C, RN

Linda S Gatto, NP-C, RN

Family Nurse Practitioner
Franciscan Physician Network
Languages Spoken
English

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About Me

Education

Nursing School:
Purdue University Northwest (FKA PU Calumet)

Nursing School:
Purdue University Northwest School of Nursing

Board Certifications

American Nurses Credentialing Center

Insurances Accepted

  • Aetna
  • Anthem
  • Anthem HIP
  • Anthem Medicaid
  • BCBS IL
  • Beacon Health Options
  • Behavioral Health Systems
  • CareSource
  • Cigna Behavioral Health
  • Cofinity
  • Community Health Alliance
  • Corvel
  • Department of Labor
  • Devoted Health
  • Encore Health Network
  • Franciscan PHO Northern Indiana, LLC.
  • Healthcare Finest Network
  • Humana
  • Humana Behavioral Health
  • Humana Medicaid
  • Lutheran Preferred
  • Managed Health Services
  • Managed Health Services MarketPlace
  • MDWise
  • Medicaid IL
  • Medicaid IN
  • Medicare IN
  • Medicare Rail Road
  • MultiPlan/PHCS
  • Optum Behavioral Health
  • Preferred Network Access
  • Sagamore
  • SIHO
  • Tricare/Humana Military
  • United Health Care
  • United Health Care Medicaid
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Provider Ratings

4.9 out of 5

(221 ratings)

The Patient Satisfaction Rating is an average of all responses to the care provider related questions shown below from our survey. Patients that are treated in outpatient or hospital environments may receive different surveys, and the volume of responses will vary by question.

130 Reviews

11/24/2025

Linda is very pleasant and thorough.

11/24/2025

Linda is professional; empathetic and she follows through with recommendations.

11/16/2025

Excellent service

11/11/2025

She’s very personal & professional

11/10/2025

Because she is great

10/30/2025

I see her once a year and I never feel like she has never seen before and the quality of the review and care is excellent

10/28/2025

Friendly service. Very thorough.

10/28/2025

Linda Gatto is wonderful...she listens, answers questions, and most of all, she cares.

10/19/2025

She is quite thorough and works with you for your best results. And her staff, particularly Maria, is very kind, helpful, and prompt.

10/13/2025

Great provider

10/13/2025

bvery easy to talk with

10/11/2025

Easy to deal with. Seems to know her stuff.

10/08/2025

She is easy to talk to, listens to your concerns, and is very caring.

10/07/2025

She's great! One of the best doctors around. She is kind and helpful with advice regarding meds and health concerns. I trust her completely.

10/07/2025

Because everything was very good.

10/07/2025

Good visit

10/06/2025

Very good

09/25/2025

She was very pleasant and good conversation. MOst of her time was reading the computer.... and info sent. I guess she didn't need any of the info my wife put together to bring. She said my lungs seemed to have no fluid and my 2 blood clots appear to be gone. She listened to my heart and lungs and made a follow up appt. in 4 months. Still.... I can't breathe well. She didn't address that.

09/23/2025

shes amazing at helping

09/21/2025

Nice and to the point.

09/20/2025

She listens, easy to talk to, very knowledgeable and knew what medications I needed. I have confidence in her ability to care for me.

09/19/2025

Efficient, knowledgeable and friendly

09/16/2025

I like Linda as my care giver

09/13/2025

She is very friendly and when she talks to you she makes you feel very comfortable and that she cares.

09/12/2025

She’s always friendly and professional; she knows what’s going on!

09/09/2025

Explains everything and asks questions

09/09/2025

SHE IS A GREAT DOCTOR AND HER STAFF IS GREAT.

09/04/2025

Awesome woman, really cares about and takes time to figure different avenues.

08/29/2025

She listens and cares about you. The cost of my inhaler is expensive and she gave me an alternative that may be cheaper.

08/29/2025

Made me feel she is on top of my health concerns in every detail.

08/28/2025

She has a pleasant demeanor and is clear when giving instructions regarding my continued care.

08/27/2025

She is very attentive to details and always answers all my questions in a way you can really understand.

08/27/2025

She took her time with me, answered my questions.

08/26/2025

very informative and explains

08/25/2025

Professional, knowledgeable, kind

08/19/2025

Great Service

08/15/2025

She was great. Listened to all my medical problems and ordered labs for me. She helped me do much. She has a kind personality, very professional and do easy to talk to.

08/12/2025

As an In Network provider for me, I am able to see a highly recommended provider and team that have been very accommodating with scheduling appointments. Dr. Yousef and his Team, Linda Gatto, Maria, front desk and the Inspire team have been great! Location is a perk too for me.

08/11/2025

I mentioned it above, she takes patients personal and cares.

08/10/2025

Professional service

08/08/2025

She's great I,like being in her presents.

08/06/2025

Efficient, caring, punctual.

08/05/2025

Linda is so personable and friendly. She was really knowledgeable about my health history, and that's something that's important to me.

08/04/2025

She's on time. She listens. She asks questions. She seems interested in my well being. Very professional, interested, and caring.

07/24/2025

Linda is very easy to talk to… very professional, but personable.

07/22/2025

Linda is very nice, helpful, and knowledgeable.

07/20/2025

very professional

07/15/2025

She is a thoughtful and caring person. Shows interest in any questions or concerns that arise.

07/14/2025

inhad lots of question and concerns this time and she answered them all

07/14/2025

Linda is very professional as well as personable. She listens to what you have to say and offers suggestions to better our health

07/08/2025

Nurse Practitioner Gatto is thorough and helps identify respiratory issues. She comes up with solutions that help rectify and aid in the quality of our health.

07/08/2025

She is very good at her job, professional friendly and tries to look into different medication to help my breathing

07/08/2025

Friendly and professional

07/07/2025

She listens to my concerns, answers my questions in a way that I can understand, is professional and friendly. I feel that she cares about me.

07/06/2025

She is vary helpful,

07/02/2025

I really like how Linda Gatto listens and talks to me during my visits. She’s fantastic at helping to keep my Asthma in check.

07/01/2025

She is excellent NP.

06/30/2025

Great job

06/29/2025

Linda has my best interest at heart , she listens to my concerns and has helped me achieve a better life through her recommendations on my health journey

06/21/2025

She is the best

06/20/2025

She was very easy to talk to and felt she listened to what I was saying. She didn’t push any agenda and did not recommend anything I didn’t need.

06/17/2025

Excellent customer service and knowledge

06/16/2025

Excellent care. She's compassionate and listens very well for any concerns. Extremely knowledgeable

06/12/2025

Linda was friendly and kind. Gave me the prescriptions that I needed.

06/10/2025

I appreciated the time she spent with me, her patience and follow up questions to my discussion about my symptoms. I felt heard and understood our plan forward.

06/09/2025

Caring and attention to detail

06/07/2025

Good person

06/05/2025

She’s a good doctor answers all my questions and respond in a timely fashion on my chart

06/04/2025

She sees me for both asthma and sleep apnea now. She called later in the the day of my appointment to review my cpap results with me.

06/03/2025

Very personable, responsive, knowledgeable and caring

05/31/2025

Very knowledgeable and answered all my questions.

05/30/2025

My husband and I are in the winter of our lives and we recently moved from our forever home in Maryland, to Indiana to be near children. At our age, moving half-way across the country is no easy feat. We left doctors who we have known for decades, to go into strange offices and trust new people. Linda Gatto made this easy. So grateful I found her, her team of professionals and Franciscan.

05/30/2025

She listens to what you have to say. She sometimes adds to the conversation by mentioning something that is a totally different topic but may deal with the problem I am having.

05/29/2025

Explained everything in a way we could understand.

05/25/2025

She listens she seems to care about you and she seems to know a great deal about you

05/22/2025

She is not only knowledgeable she explains and gets her points across.

05/17/2025

Listens and is caring

05/14/2025

Same as above + I really enjoy working with her and she has a genuine concern about my health and making sure that my Inspire is working for me.

05/13/2025

Very pleasant knowledgeable Wellington answer questions took your time with me

05/07/2025

Linda Gatto is always a pleasure to work with. She always goes the extra mile to explain things in a manner that is easy to understand.

05/06/2025

NP Gotto really shows she cares by asking fact finding questions, always sporting a beautiful smile, and never forgets to follow up and through she says she will do.

05/03/2025

Love her

04/30/2025

Met Linda when she worked for Dr. B on Calumet Ave. My hubby has COPD & continued to see Linda after Dr. B left.

04/29/2025

Linda is the BEST ! I can always rely on her to give me the best care for Asthma.

04/27/2025

I’ve been seeing this Dr for many years and like how she takes care of me and my health.

04/24/2025

She listens to you and professional!

04/20/2025

a lot

04/17/2025

She’s nice friendly helpful involved and she cares and makes sure you have everything you need

04/17/2025

I feel she was very thorough. She went through a battery of questions. She took her time with me.

04/11/2025

She knows her stuff - and she truly cares and it shows.

04/11/2025

Very explanatory

04/10/2025

The first visit was extreme as oxygen was ordered for my home.

04/09/2025

She listens & explains. Very happy with her

04/08/2025

She is very personable, listens to your concerns and details what you need to do stay healthy with your respiratory issues.

04/07/2025

Always professional and thorough

04/07/2025

quality care

04/04/2025

Linda is very efficient and informative and takes time to address my concerns or questions I may have.

04/03/2025

She is great, personable and very caring. Great bedside manner.

04/01/2025

She was very thorough & thoughtful

03/26/2025

Excellent care and takes time to answer questions about my health care

03/24/2025

Same as above. Very professional and kind.

03/23/2025

I have total faith in Linda Gatto's ability to care for all my pulmonary needs,

03/20/2025

Informative, listens, knowledgeable

03/18/2025

as a patient it was good to have her thanks

03/14/2025

She took her time with me and explained my condition and a plan for it.

03/11/2025

Really cared about my health and well being

03/10/2025

Same as the previous question. Excellent doctor!

03/06/2025

She has always tried to help me as best as she can

03/06/2025

The best of the best.

03/06/2025

She took the time to explain everything to me in a way I could understand it.

02/27/2025

Very thorough and time commitment to understand and explain diagnosis and treatment

02/24/2025

Linda is wonderful to work with, she really cares about her patience

02/20/2025

She’s very knowledgeable and friendly. Has been on time. Didn’t have to wait a long time. Answers all my questions.

02/20/2025

She listened and cared about my problem.

02/19/2025

She's great at what she does and very friendly and explaining

02/17/2025

She is a great NP and definitely knows her job and has a great understanding for the patients needs, would definitely recommend her to anyone who needs a pulmonologist.

02/01/2025

Oh gosh, where to start. Linda Gatto; NP-C,RN really seems to care about a patient. She is easy to talk to and actually listens to what I am saying when I see her and we discuss my physical condition and any concerns or questions I may have. She knows what she is doing and I feel completely "safe?" if that's the right word, and rely on her decisions and thoughts.

01/28/2025

I have been a patient of Linda Gatto since Doctor [ ] retired. She is very attentive to her patients concerns and takes the amount of time needed to address those concerns.

01/27/2025

She always is very thorough with her questions and answers all of my concerns.

01/25/2025

Linda takes the time to listen to you, and asks questions that you don’t think to ask. Very compassionate.

01/20/2025

Dr. Gatto listens to you and explains things easily for you to understand.

01/20/2025

Linda Gatto is very nice, caring & knowledgeable.

01/14/2025

Personable, professional friendly.

01/14/2025

She listens and explains my issues in a way I understand. Always such a positive person and her team

01/10/2025

Excellent communicator — both listening and explaining. Thorough.

01/07/2025

Discussed issues concerning my questions. Specifically regarding its relation to the meds prescribed.

01/02/2025

Caring and great

12/24/2024

She listens and is very thorough. She takes charge getting things done. Treats you like a person - not just a patient.

12/12/2024

She listens and is very thorough.

12/07/2024

She took care of my mom. She was very caring.
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