Charles Kotal, MD, joins Island Health’s Island Primary Care – 24th Street clinic (formerly Fidalgo Medical Associates) as an Internal Medicine physician this week. Kotal was most recently a provider at The Everett Clinic in Anacortes. He served as Island Health’s Hospitalist Director for 10 years (2008-18), the last three of which he was also Chief of Medicine. Previously, Kotal worked as a hospitalist/internist and eventually served as director at Skagit Valley Hospital, where he developed and staffed its inaugural hospitalist program.

Kotal earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University, followed by neurobiology research studies at the University de Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Medical College of Virginia and completed his internship and residency at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle.

Dedicated to working closely with his patient’s medical team, Kotal enjoys getting to know each patient as a person first, identifying goals and tackling challenges, then solving the problems. He says he finds himself most at home working one-on-one with patients and their families.