just a drugs pusher, with horrible people working in the office, billing department is a nightmare they use wrong code letting you dry with your insurance after telling you are covered!
never answer the phone, they don't return your calls and always have an horrible attitude.
just look for another cardiologist

Submitted July 25, 2017

Dr Vivas saved my mothers life. She had seen a few cardiologist in NY as we live there and none of them knew how to stabilize her. She is 82 and always had complications and was given so many medications to no avail. Dr's seem to be lost. We relocated to Miami. Thank God for Dr. Vivas. He's been treating her for a few yrs now and had a mitral valve replaced. She's doing so much better. Full of life. He's always ready to see her even when she does not have an appointment. Yes, sometimes you do some waiting at the office but it worth every second. I also call the office all the time for help for my mother and it all goes well. Mind you Vivas also treats my bothers and myself. (This Italian/Puerto Rican family is very grateful to have Vivas as our cardiologist).

Submitted June 2, 2015

Dr Vivas safe my husband life , 15 year ago, there is not a day that I call the office for help and advised, there is always a great attitude there is always the wiliness to help me and my husband, I thank God and Dr Vivas for saving my husband,

Submitted Nov. 26, 2014

My grandmother landed in the Emergency Room, while she was out of town, visiting me. The following morning, I tried to refill her medications at my local Walgreens because she forgot her medicine at home back in Miami. She was out of refills so Walgreens attempted to contact Dr. Vivas’ office. Several hours later, I went to Walgreens and to my surprise, Dr. Vivas’ office had not yet completed the refill request, so I called them. I was immediately met with rudeness, unwillingness to help and a lot of unnecessary attitude. The woman said she would take care of the request and seemed too busy to let me finish speaking.

I also needed them to contact my local hospital to transfer her records to Dr. Vivas’ office, since he is her primary physician and she needed to see someone about her medical problems when she got back home. The woman I spoke to cut me off and said “Dr. Vivas is not going to call the hospital.” She then transferred me to medical records so they could deal with my completely unreasonable request.

They were just as rude and cut me off mid sentence, inaccurately assuming what I needed. They talked down to me and told me they weren’t going to help me because she needed to sign a form. Throughout this whole ordeal, I was “disconnected” and had to call back three separate times. On the third attempt, I realized that they closed the office two hours early. To make a long story short, they never submitted anything to Walgreens and now, we have to wait until Monday to deal with them again. Total lack of compassion for their patients. Save yourself the hassle and find another doctor. This one is not worth it!

Submitted Sept. 20, 2014

I arrived on time for my appointment and was seen with a minimal wait. I had a Nuclear Stress Test done by Melissa Yi. She was superb. She explained what would be done and guided me through each step with patience and understanding. The procedure was performed very professionally and caringly. Assisting was the office manager Kathy, who was also superb. I would recommend this office to all.

Submitted May 8, 2013

I tried three times to see Dr. Vivas to no avail. The Dr. was unable to keep scheduled appointments including my third and final "first appointment of the day" attempt. It's probably a clue when the waiting room resembles the DMV. The staff was rude, inept and primarily interested in snatching up the patient co-pay. There were files all over the floor. The third time is the charm. Dr. Vivas may or may not be a good physician but he'll not be mine.

Submitted April 26, 2013

always late and office is noise and disorganized. A mess

Submitted May 14, 2009

excellent

Submitted May 7, 2007