Darma Marcelin, MD

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Get to know Internist and Hospitalist, Darma Marcelin, MD, who serves patients in Leawood, Kansas

Dr. Marcelin is a board-certified internist practicing at Holy Family Medical Associates in Leawood, Kansas. She is licensed to practice in the states of Missouri and Massachusetts. 

Dr. Marcelin graduated with her medical degree in 2018 from Saint James School of Medicine. She then joined the internal medicine residency program at HCA Midwest Health, which included exposure to Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Menorah Medical Center, and Lee’s Summit Medical Center. She completed her training in 2021. 

Subsequent to her education, the doctor attained board certification in internal medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The American Board of Internal Medicine is a 501 nonprofit, self-appointed physician-evaluation organization that certifies physicians practicing internal medicine and its subspecialties.

Internists are physicians specializing in internal medicine, a discipline focused on the care of adults emphasizing use of the best medical science available in caring for patients in the context of thoughtful, meaningful doctor-patient relationships as exemplified by the life and work of Sir William Osler, the “father” of internal medicine in the United States.

Hospital medicine is a medical specialty that exists in some countries as a branch of internal or family medicine, dealing with the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Physicians whose primary professional focus is caring for hospitalized patients only while they are in the hospital are called hospitalists.

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