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  • Primary Care, Trauma Surgery, Emergency Medicine
  • Accepting new patients
  • 45 years of experience
  • Pelican State Outpatient Center 1525 Dickory Ave, New Orleans, LA 70123
  • (504) 533-4094

Brief Intro

Dr. MICHAL D. KOTLER, MD is a BOARD CERTIFIED EMERGENCY and OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE Specialist

Dr. Kotler, trained at the University of Miami and began his career in Emergency Medicine in South Florida. In 1991, he moved to Louisiana as the Regional Medical Director for InPhyNet Medical Management for the Southeast United States. In 2000, he opted to take the entrepreneurial route and founded Pelican State Outpatient Center, a revolutionary concept in health care delivery. Since then, Pelican has been at the forefront of both Occupational Medicine and Urgent Care by serving over 20,000+ patients every year and has consistently been recognized for its excellence. Dr. Kotler’s expertise in handling occupational medicine cases accorded him a distinguished reputation which led to the founding of RemoteMD to deliver an assortment of medical services to remote industrial environments worldwide. In addition to providing medical care, Dr. Kotler serves on teaching faculty at LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans and serves as the Program Director for OccuMedics, a course he developed to train Industrial Remote Environment Medical Specialists (IREMS). Moreover, Dr. Kotler is Medical Director at Plaquemines Medical Center in Port Sulphur, LA, where he has been instrumental in bringing quality health care to Plaquemines Parish.

Pelican State Outpatient Center

Open 365 Days A Year

Pelican State Outpatient Center has developed a reputation for excellence in medical care. From its modest beginning in the year 2000, it has grown into one of the busiest centers of its type. Pelican’s mission has always been, providing great health care in a cost-effective manner for both the local community and beyond.

The time with your family is valuable therefore we staff our Urgent Care with providers who are experienced, well-trained and board certified in backgrounds of emergency medicine/urgent care, internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics and occupational medicine. Our skilled staff consists of LPNs, registered x-ray technologists, certified medical assistants, occupational medicine coordinators, and professional office personnel.

Pelican, as an internationally recognized leader in industrial medicine, offers a broad range of services to our client companies. Our physicians pay very close attention to each physical exam ensuring that the person you hire is capable of meeting their job requirements. The knowledge of our physicians combined with the scope of our center ensures that we can care for most job-related injuries or illnesses within the facility. We are sensitive to each case ensuring the patients receive excellent care while making every effort to maintain recordables and LTIs at the absolute minimum.

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Education Background

RESIDENCY

Jackson Health System

MEDICAL SCHOOL

American University Of The Caribbean School Of Medicine - 1981

University Of Miami Leonard M Miller School Of Medicine - 1980

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Spanish

Location & Hours

  • Pelican State Outpatient Center
  • 1525 Dickory Ave, New Orleans, LA 70123
  • Mon:8:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Tue:8:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Wed:8:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Thu:8:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Fri:8:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Sat:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Sun:9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Specialties Treated

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Primary Care
  • Trauma Surgery

Conditions Addressed

  • Dermatitis
  • Anemia
  • Bronchial Asthma
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • Chronic Renal Disease
  • Constipation
  • Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
  • Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
  • Hypertension (HTN)
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
  • Skin and Subcutaneous Infections
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Procedures Performed

  • Urgent Care
  • Emergency Care
  • Preventive Medicine and Wellness, Health Maintenance
  • Adult Annual Physicals/Wellness Check ups
  • Well Woman Check-ups & Annual Exams
  • Wellness and Weight Loss Services
  • Routine well-child visits
  • Weight Control And Nutritional Evaluation
  • Erectile Dysfunction Treatment
  • Treatment of Sexually Transmitted diseases
  • IV Vitamins, Minerals, and Rehydration
  • Vaccinations and Immunizations
  • Preventative Vaccinations
  • Travel Vaccines
  • Pain Management
  • Medication Refills
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Insurance Accepted

* Insurance information may change frequently. Please verify directly with the provider (doctor/clinic).

  • Aetna Better Health
  • Peoples Health
  • UnitedHealthOne
  • Nippon Life Benefits
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • Humana
  • AmeriHealth
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  • Cancer 15
  • Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery 19
  • Orthopedics 26
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery 24
  • Gastroenterology & GI Surgery 25
  • Pulmonology & Lung Surgery 23
  • Diabetes & Endocrinology 9
  • Children's Hospital 4
  • Urology 23
  • Psychiatry 69
  • Geriatrics 23
  • Rehabilitation 50
  • Obsterics & Gynecology 3
  • Ear, Nose & Throat 3
  • Long Term Care 23
  • Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) 12