07/16/2025
Meet our dynamic duo!👩🏻⚕️✨
Victoria Richards APRN, FNP-C
Courtney L. Bennett Wilke, MPAS, PA-C
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Victoria Richards APRN, FNP-C is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). She obtained a dual Master of Science (MSN) as both a Nursing Educator and Family Nurse Practitioner through the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida. She obtained her Bachelor of Science (BSN) in Nursing through Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania. Since becoming an FNP, she has worked primarily in the urgent care setting. She also has over a decade of experience working as a nurse in both adult and pediatric emergency/trauma medicine and inpatient care. She also worked as a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) while living in Florida, and travel nursed in various emergency rooms across the country.
She has lived and worked in our local area as a nurse practitioner since 2022. She is passionate about both adult and pediatric medicine, and focuses on patient education and advocacy. She is motivated about teaching patients how to manage their medical illness at hand, and is certified in minor laceration repair and other procedures. Victoria is blessed to have a wonderful family including her husband Chris, their son Connor, and their three black pugs (Shamus, Fifi, and Gus-Gus). In her spare time, Victoria enjoys studying mycology (the identification of mushrooms) in the great outdoors, gardening, and crocheting.
C. Bennett Wilke, MPAS, PA-C, is a board-certified physician assistant with over 15 years of diverse clinical experience, now serving as an urgent care provider. She brings a strong background in hospital-based endocrinology, cardiology, and acute care, with a clinical focus on evidence-based diagnosis and procedural excellence. Her urgent care work since 2016 includes managing a broad range of minor illnesses and injuries, performing procedures such as suturing and abscess drainage, and delivering efficient, compassionate care across all age groups.
In addition to her clinical practice, Ms. Bennett Wilke has held academic appointments, including Assistant Professor at Florida State University’s School of Physician Assistant Practice, where she taught a wide array of clinical medicine and procedural courses. She is a published medical author, an experienced speaker, and an active contributor to professional education and peer-reviewed journals. Her passion for patient care is matched by her commitment to mentoring, community outreach, and lifelong learning.
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Both Richards and Bennett Wilke joined our practice late winter/early spring 2025. We are truly thrilled and honored to have them on our team and feel confident you all will be overwhelmingly satisfied with the care they provide!
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📸: Grace Groover
