Curriculum Vitae
Suzanne J. Fiala
Stanwood, WA 98292
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
**/**/** – Current
Community Health Clinic of Snohomish
Arlington, WA
Primary care family practice in low-income community care.
04/21/22 – 06/15/23
Everett clinic, Primary care clinic
Stanwood, WA
Primary care family practice, geriatric population.
04/2020 – 03/2022
Olympic Medical Center, Walk-in clinics
Port Angeles, WA
09/16 – 01/20 Kaiser Permanente Washington – Port Orchard Clinic
Full-spectrum family practice without OB
Family practice with pt panel of 1800 pts. Excessive workload.
09/14 – 09/16 CHI Franciscan Health – Port Orchard Clinic
Primary care family practice including surgical procedures,
Patient care from newborn to elderly and telephone triage
Primary interests in pediatrics, women’s health care and mental health.
Reason for leaving – better compensation package offer at Kaiser.
11/13 – 04/14 King County Jail Health Services
Jail health physician for King County Correctional Facility.
Caring for full-spectrum health care needs of high-risk, jail population.
Reason for leaving – wonderful colleagues and director-but environment was
a poor fit for me. I had compassion for, but no power with which to help
the inmates.
2007 – 10/13 Dr. Suzanne Fiala, MD
Private practice, sole proprietor
Full-spectrum family practice without OB
Ages 3 days to geriatrics
Patient panel of 1200 in 6 years, all word-of-mouth
Reason for leaving –Financial. After seven years I was unable to keep the business open.
2000 – 2007 Swedish Physicians Division – West Seattle Clinic
Ron Watson, MD – medical director
Full-spectrum family practice without OB
Reason for leaving – really eager to start private practice.
1998-2000 Multicare Urgent Care
Covington Clinic/Kent Clinic
Full spectrum, high acuity urgent care center.
High acuity walk-in care
Reason for leaving – exciting, high-adrenalin job; I loved it. But eventually missed having continuity patients and their families.
1996-1998 Puyallup Tribal Health Authority
Full-spectrum practice with OB
Associate-faculty of Tacoma Family Medicine
U. W. Residency program
Al Shelton, MD – medical director
Tacoma, WA
Reason for leaving – moved to Seattle.
1994-1995 Cascade Family Care
Full-spectrum practice with OB and acting as associate faculty at
Associate-faculty Valley Family Medicine
U. W. Residency program
Renton, WA
Shortly after I took this job my son suffered a severe head injury. I took off a year to care for him.
EDUCATION
-1992-1994 Tacoma Family Medicine Residency
University of Washington affiliate
Tacoma, WA
-1991-1992 Tacoma Family Medicine
Intern year
University of Washington affiliate
Tacoma, WA
-1987-1991 University of Washington
M.D. School of Medicine
Seattle, WA
-1982-1985 Western Washington University
B.S. Chemistry/Biology
Bellingham, Washington
CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Family Practice 1995 – Current
MEMBERSHIPS
American Academy of Family Physicians
Washington Academy of Family physicians
King County Medical Society
AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS
2011 Seattle Top Doctors
2013 Seattle Top Doctors honorable mention
2021 Washington Top Doctors
1993-94 Chief Resident - elected
Tacoma Family Medicine
1991 Georgiana Kirby Award
University of Washington School of Medicine
“Awarded to the single graduate who best exemplifies the caring and
compassion embodied in the ideal physician” (class of 175 students)
1988 Arthur Campbell Fellowship for research
American Cancer Society
REFERENCES
Mahshid Kamyab, MD
Colleague at The Everett Clinic
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Mark Rosengren, MD
Colleague at Olympic Medical Physicians
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Suree Chommuang, ARNP, PhD
Colleague at Olympic medical physicians
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Derek Costa, MD
Colleague at Kaiser Permanente
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Suzanne Cornwall, MD
Colleague at CHI Franciscan
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