Dr. Mära S. Kevan, DACM, L.Ac. (FL, OR, CA), Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM) has never been interested in shortcuts. Not in medicine. Not in healing. Not in life.
For more than twenty years, she has practiced Traditional Chinese Medicine with a quiet seriousness that patients feel immediately. TCM isn’t a trend to her. It’s a lifelong devotion. One built on listening, precision, and respect for the body’s intelligence.
She owns and operates MAR Acupuncture & Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, where her work has always lived at the intersection of compassion and clinical rigor. As a Doctor of Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine, Primary Care Physician, and Medical Director, Dr. Kevan treats people, not systems. And she does so without separating the physical from the emotional, or the medical from the human.
Her specialty is oncology, a space where ego has no place. Over the years, she has collaborated directly with hospital systems to integrate Chinese medicine alongside allopathic care. Her work with St. Charles Hospital’s Palliative Care Department and the Cancer Center’s Integrative Therapies Department focused on supporting patients through some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. Relief was prioritized. Presence was central. Dignity was upheld.
Alongside private practice, Dr. Kevan also taught U.S. Healthcare Policy and Systems-Based Medicine at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. She understands healthcare from the inside; how it works, where it fails, and why patients so often feel unseen inside it.
What most people don’t expect is what came before medicine.
Before medical school, Dr. Kevan worked in high-level travel and logistics, managing complex global itineraries for clients in music, film, and politics. She handled travel for The Rolling Stones’ world tours, negotiated contracts with the most exclusive hotels in the world, and managed private arrangements for figures like President Bill and Hillary Clinton, Steve Bing, Jerry Lee Lewis, and L’Wren Scott, among others.
It was demanding. Exacting. Unforgiving. And it taught her something medicine would later need: how to hold impossible standards without losing care for the people involved.
She jokes that she earned her MBA on tour. But what she really learned was how to anticipate needs before they’re spoken, how to protect privacy, and how to deliver excellence without spectacle.
In January 2025, those two worlds finally met.
Dr. Kevan launched The MAR Wellness Group, extending her medical work beyond the clinic into luxury wellness retreats hosted at Prana Maya, a five-star private island resort in Belize. The move wasn’t a pivot. It was a return to the kind of healing she always believed was possible but rarely found space for inside traditional systems.
At Prana Maya, guests receive the same level of attention she once reserved for world-class performers and heads of state. No detail is overlooked. No care is generalized. The healing is thoughtful. The environment is quiet. The pace is intended.
This isn’t surface-level wellness or temporary fixes. It’s real work, done in a place that allows people to slow down enough to receive it.
Dr. Kevan invites guests to come as they are, rest deeply, and leave feeling better than when they arrived.
That’s the standard she has always lived by.
For leaders and organizations seeking a more intentional approach to wellness, Dr. Mära Kevan curates private retreats at Prana Maya, designed to support whole-body restoration; mind, body, and soul in a setting that promotes success, honors depth, and creates lasting impact.
Learn more:
MAR Wellness Group: https://www.MARwellnessgroup.com
MAR Acupuncture & Medical Center: https://www.MARacupuncture.com
Prana Maya Island Resort: https://www.PRANAMAYAresort.com
Disclaimer: The information presented in this article is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Dr. Mära S. Kevan’s practices, including Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and acupuncture, are intended to complement, not replace, conventional medical treatments. Individual results may vary, and any medical or wellness decisions should be made in consultation with a qualified healthcare provider.
