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Dr.
Annette, better known as Mrs. Dr. Koul, was born in Rockville
Centre, New York. Her birthday is April 13, 1961. She grew
up on Long Island and attended Adelphi University in Garden
City, New York. She then attended Tufts University Medical
School, where the two doctors met. They married during their
third year of school. Dr. Annette took a year leave of
absence to save money for their first child. She worked
for an outpatient psychiatric facility. During her third
year of medical school, she had their first child, Virginia.
Dr. Annette did her training and residency at the New
England Medical Centers Boston Floating Hospital. On match day,
the day when doctors find out about their residency's, Drs.
David and Annette, with their daughter, Virginia, made the
front page of the Boston Herald. This started her career in the
public eye. During residency, Dr. Annette had their
second child, Christopher. After
residency, she joined her husband in private practice in
Leominster, Massachusetts for four years during which time she
gave birth to their third child, Andrew. During this time, Dr.
Annette wrote a newspaper column for the Worcester Telegram and
Gazette. Finally, she convinced her husband to move to Florida.
In Florida Dr. Annette has been very
active with the YMCA, WINK-TV, medical breakthroughs with the
local hospitals, and The Florida Parenting News with an Ask Dr.
Koul column. She is also a Hope Hospice Volunteer with her
daughter Virginia. Dr. Annette is also a Certified Parent
Educator in Redirecting Children's Behavior. She has always been
a child advocate and does any and everything to help the
children of our community.
Although not a married couple anymore, the MacKoul's
continue to be 'THE' pediatricians in the Southwest Florida
Community.
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