Rickey J. Viator, MD

"My family and I absolutely love this office with Dr. Viator and Staff very professional and caring. My children have been patients for years, one has since aged out and the other is still a patient. They are now 20 and 12 and they love Dr. Viator."

"All 3 of my kids saw Dr Viator for well over 10 years. They absolutely loved him & we were sorry to see him leave the Tampa Bay area. He never over prescribed antibiotics and was always a very kind caring professional with my children. I will say he is very straight forward and matter of fact. So if this is not what you are looking for in a doctor, then "Dr V." would not be for you. I truly appreciated that quality in him as a pediatrician and never doubted his abilities as my childrens doctor. Glad to see he is still helping children."

""I will use those dietary regimens which will benefit my patients according to my greatest ability and judgement, and I will do no harm or injustice to them." by The Hippocratic Oath (Ορκος) We are Dr Bolduc patients since our 15 months daughter was born. Starting last night, she has fever from 99.5 to 101.5. Today we went to see our pediatrician, Dr Bolduc but he will be out of office until Friday we were told and got directed to Walk-in Sacred Heart located down towards Destin, but they also cant see her because the only see children 18 months and up. On our way home we called the office of Viator Rickey and Crystal Tidwell, but we have been told specifically that they wont take or see Drs Bolduc patients categorically, I have explained them that my 15 months daughter has fever for almost 24 hours now and we need a pediatrician to see and listen to her. But we have told to wait until Dr Bolduc comes back and go to see him in 2 days and that they wont take a Dr Bolduc patient. Dr Bolduc, Viator, Crystal and other used to practice under one roof and working as one pediatric center at this location, an year or so ago the have split to two different pediatric centers, but still working under Sacred Heart Logo, meaning that they have common patients in spite of The Hippocratic Oath they all took when the starting being so called doctors. They would rather reject sick children and let them stay home rather then to see and treat each others patients. I hope that you, Dr Viator could see a pediatrician when you child was sick if you have any."

"See the other Dr.’s if you can. Dr. Victor needs to retire! He is a decent Dr for routine visits, but when you actually need advice, professional input, or a bedside manner, he is arrogant, interrupting, and flippant. On some days he acts like he couldn’t care less and other days he belittles your parenting ability and demands you do “this, this, and this”. I love the staff, nurses, and Dr.Tidwell and Dr. Vroon. We only see Dr Viator if nessecary during clinic hours."

"We finally found a professional, caring, informed pediatrician and staff. Dr Viator's wisdom and knowledge are comforting and encouraging. He doesn't over-write for antibiotics or over-diagnose ADHD and you don't leave his office with a prescription every time (like so many other drs). In fact, he told me that our child didn't need an antibiotic that he had been prescribed in the ER. Dr Viator's ethics and integrity are rare these days. His staff is efficient and goes above and beyond for the patients and parents. A receptionist who lives nearby actually brought paperwork I needed to my home to save me the trip from Ft Walton. I am licensed and have worked several years in child care and I can truly say that it's worth the long drive for my child to see Dr. Viator!"