Dr. Robert Marlin, MD, Boston, MA | Internist

About Dr. Robert Marlin

Robert P. Marlin, MD, PhD, MPH is a board-certified primary care internist at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. He also serves as Director of Policy for the Immigrant and Refugee Health Center at BMC and as a core faculty member for the Immigrant and Refugee Health Fellowship program at BMC. Dr. Marlin has worked for the past 20 years to design and build multidisciplinary, community-informed, patient-centered healthcare programs focused on the needs of forced migrants, including immigrants, refugees, and torture survivors. His research interests include the role of state policy in the health outcomes of forced migrants and the role of language access in health outcomes of patients who prefer to use a language other than English in healthcare settings. Dr. Marlin previously served as the Chief of the Metta Health Center at the Lowell Community Health Center and the founding director of the Coordinated Care Program for Political Violence Survivors at the Cambridge Health Alliance. He currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health and as Special Advisor for Healthcare Workforce Development to the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. Dr. Marlin completed his medical school training at the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine and his residency in Internal Medicine at the Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School. He received his Ph.D. in anthropology from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and his MPH in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In addition, he completed the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard Medical School.

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Office location

Boston Medical Center, Adult Primary Care

801 Massachusetts Ave, 6th FL, Boston, MA 02119

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Education and background

Practice names

Boston Medical Center, Adult Primary Care

Board certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

Education and training

Medical School - Stony Brook University, Doctor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Residency in Internal Medicine
Rutgers University–New Brunswick, PhD in Anthropology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Master's in Public Health

Languages spoken

English

Provider's gender

Male

NPI number

1912965385

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Dr. Robert Marlin works with Boston Medical Center, Adult Primary Care.

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Dr. Robert Marlin's office is located at 801 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02119.

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Dr. Robert Marlin is certified by American Board of Internal Medicine.

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