Marlene Garcia, MD | McLaren Northern Michigan Infectious Disease

McLaren Northern Michigan is pleased to welcome Dr. Marlene Garcia. Dr. Garcia is a fellowship-trained Infectious Disease physician at McLaren Northern Michigan, board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease. She earned her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine, completed her Internal Medicine residency at Morehouse School of Medicine and Grady Memorial Hospital, and completed her Infectious Disease fellowship at Corewell Health West in affiliation with Michigan State University.

A Miami, Florida native, Dr. Garcia is fluent in English and Spanish. Dr. Garcia believes communication is the foundation of great patient care and takes pride in ensuring every

patient feels informed and involved in their treatment. Outside of medicine, she enjoys boxing, softball, pickleball, and reading.

McLaren Northern Michigan is a 202-bed acute care hospital located in Petoskey, Michigan, serving 22 counties across northern Lower Michigan and the eastern part of the Upper Peninsula. Part of statewide McLaren Health Care, McLaren Northern Michigan provides a range of patient-centered care offerings, including primary, preventive, and diagnostic services, trauma (verified Level II) and emergency medicine, and specialty care, including surgical, cardiovascular, orthopedics, neurosciences, and women’s health services.