Boca Pediatric Group

In a way, I’m glad that others had a better experience than we had. I took my 8 year old daughter as a walk-​in patient because she is constantly complaing about headaches. I wasn’t expecting to be seen immediately, or by the same doctor that we always see because it was clear that there was not appointment preset. I understood all that I appreciate that only one person in reception made an effort to accomodate us. However, when we met with «our» doctor, he bluntly called my daughter «CERDA» pig in Spanish, saying that her headaches may be due to the fact that she is overweight. He proceed and literally told me in front of her: that if she keeps being overweight, by the time she turns 13 she will stay home as a pig while her friends are having fun. Whether my daughter is overweight or not is beyond the discussion. She is only 8 year old and this was rude and unacceptable and at the same time, because of my insurance it was the only way to get a referral for a scan. That’s not it unfortunately. After that, I was scolded by this doctor by showing up without an appointment, because normally people wait months to see him, so he said…
My take is that no child should be put down this way by anyone regardless of this person is a doctor or not, or if his claims myabe truth or not. There are a hundred better ways to communicate without hurting others. Zero in compassion.

Today my daughter has been with a high fever and I didn’t know how much of a dosage of Motrin to give her and debating on taking her to the hospital. I called Boca pediatrics were she gets her checkups by Dr.Beckerman. I left a message on their on call answering machine and within 5 mins I received a call from one of the doctors and helped me with all my questions and suggestions on what to do. This is my second review because i am sooooo grateful for the great help I receive from them. I once again highly recommend!!! Thank you !!!

While I like the doctors, on average you sit in the waiting room for half an hour. They have no courtesy to peoples schedules, time to find a new practice

Dr. Luchtan is the best! Every time I call the office I can speak to a nurse or DR for advice. They also will rush you in last minute if your child is sick. The best thing about this practice is they are open 7 days a week!!! I have never gone to ER yet with either of my kids :)

I don’t usually write reviews, but I feel the need to share that I love Boca Pediatrics, Dr. Luchtan is the best. He is warm, funny and very trust worthy. I feel comfortable that he knows what is going on with my baby when she is not feeling well. He understands that I wanted to delay and spread out the vaccinations and he is not quick to prescribe antibiotics when the baby gets sick. The staff is super nice and every time I needed a sick visit I would get one within the hour of my call. The office is clean and kid friendly. Thank you Boca Pediatric for being amazing!

Boca Pediatrics is amazing! I knew Dr. Luchtan was the right pediatrician from the moment I met him. He is very personable and so patient when we go in for checkups. The nurses and office staff are always friendly and helpful. The office even offers evening and weekend appointments! I’m so thankful I found Boca Pediatrics and we are here to stay!

I have been going here for four years. The recent changes have made this one of the worst doctors offices I have ever been to. It is so sad that now due to unreasonable office staff I have to change doctors. I can’t even get a doctor on the phone when I asked they would disconnect you. When asked to speak to the office mgr it goes to VM and a return call was never received even after leaving more than one VM. I’m at a loss for words due to the treatment I received today. After 7 phone calls I still have no appointment or help for my poor child that is covered in a bad rash from head to toe! Leaving me no option but to go to the ER… Signed completely discussed! I am only giving a star because I have to.

Expect to be there for 2 hours, even for a scheduled routine visit. The front staff are very unorganized and rude. It took 2 doctors to finally diagnose my 3 month old with a milk protein allergy. Dr. Luchtan is too laid back. When I told him my sons symptoms and concern about a milk allergy he said ohhhhhh don’t worry about it takes a couple of months for babies to get the hang of pushing out gas. Meanwhile all along it was a milk allergy. So I switched dr within the practice. Now this dr tells me I need an ultrasound of the skull because his head a a tiny pointed bump by the forehead. Then tells me 10 min later don’t worry about it, I’ll just monitor it. So I’ll called back later to get the RX to have the ultrasound done anyway and they put Dr. Levy on the phone. It was like I was speaking to someone off the street. He was so rude. He said to me «don’t argue with me» when he was reading the other dr’s notes and I told him that’s not what she told me. Needless to say I will be getting a 2^nd opinion and will not be returning to this office nor would I recommend for anyone to bring their children here.
Oh one more thing they also mixed up the vaccine schedule, luckily the nurse and I caught it, otherwise he would’ve been given an overdose of 2 vaccines. The doctor ordered too many she didn’t read the notes from the prior visit which was only 2 weeks ago.

Waited 6 hours for for doctor to call and discuss results of child’s Xrays. Called about 5 times and was told repeatedly that they had not received fax from Xray Lab. Then proceeded to call Lab and request that they resend results. On the last call the person stated that they finally found it in the «fax pile» from 4 hours earlier. Was then promised a call before 7:30pm. Of course, by 7:30pm the doctor still had not called so we had to call yet again. The staff needs to care more. It is not enough that you care for the patients in the office; you need to also care after they leave your office and are promised a call. The office staff needs to care about your patients and check the fax machine, not just tell someone, «the fax hasn’t arrived» so they don’t have to check.

We have been seeing Dr. Levy at Boca Pediatrics for the last nine years. He is friendly and always personable. When our third child was born and we elected to home birth, Dr. Levy was friendly and understanding about our choices. He didn’t push anything on us including rushed vaccines or circumcision. I cannot imagine going anywhere other than Boca Pediatrics. After we relocated to Miami we continued to drive the hour north to BP because of the fantastic service we receive there. Dr. Armada has been seeing as lately as well and she is a fantastic addition to the team. I trust my children in their hands and have for almost a decade. I do not think there is a better way of saying that I am satisfied.

During my most recent trip visiting my parents in Florida my 17 month old got really sick with a high fever. High fevers on little ones are scary enough… and even scarier when you’re far from home.
My parents aren’t in touch with the pediatrician scene since my brother and I have been out of the house for a long time now so we called my old pediatrician from back in the day. I fondly remember Dr Luchtan as someone who could always make me laugh even when I wasn’t feeling well. I’m feeling so old these days that I was shocked to hear he’s still curing kiddies… and making them laugh. Unfortunately, Dr Luchtan wasn’t available on this particular day, but they were able to squeeze us in with Dr. Gardner.
We were called in just minutes after arriving at the office, which made me happy since I don’t really like my child sitting around sick kids in the waiting room. And I’m sure the other parents in the waiting room wouldn’t want their kids around my sick kid.
The very sweet nurse confirmed my daughter’s 102 degree fever (yikes) and put her on the scale. She announced that she was 5 lbs and I wondered how she could possibly think my 17 month old toddler was 5 lbs (especially since she was 8+ lbs at birth!). She then realized there was a problem with the scale (ya think?) and she was actually 21 lbs. Hmmm… seems more like it.
Fortunately, Dr Gardener seemed to be a bit more with it. We waited for a very long time for her, but at least it was in our own room rather than the waiting room. Once she arrived she spent lots of time examining my daughter and declared she had some kind of virus that would eventually pass on it’s own. She recommended lots of tylenol, sleep and some time in the pool. Only in Florida do doctors recommend pool time! She was also happy to write us a note excusing us from our flight back to Chicago later that day.
We were back in Chicago 3 days later and my daughter was still not feeling well. Our regular pediatrician confirmed what Dr Gardner had told us, although they noticed that she had some sort of throat virus and we were told in Florida her throat was fine. However, I guess that could have shown up a few days later.
I’m thankful Boca Pediatric Group was able to squeeze us in when we were visiting my hometown. While I don’t hope we have to go back in the future, it’s a relief to know we have somewhere to take our daughter if she does get sick. And there’s something cool about taking your daughter back to the same pediatric practice that you once frequented as a child.

We are visiting Deerfield Beach from St Louis. My 20 month old is sick, and I wanted to get her checked out. Unfortunately, the three Urgent Care/​Walgreens Take Care Clinics I called only see patients ages 2 or 3 and up. I called Boca Pediatric Clinic in desperation, and they fit me in within the hour.
We got stuck in horrible traffic and were 15 minutes late getting to the clinic. The waiting room was clean and kid-​friendly. The staff was very personable, and we were seen promptly by a doctor (her first name was Paola). She was warm and patient and gave a very thorough diagnosis.
The clinic took my insurance (Anthem BCBS), and I only had to pay my co-​pay for a doctor’s visit.
If you are on vacation in the Ft Lauderdale area and have a sick child, this office is a wonderful alternative to Urgent Care.