Another great story and event involving a DPC Doctor:
Please join MusiCares during Black History Month with a dynamic panel of powerhouse artists, music industry professionals and medical experts in the discussion of dispelling the myths regarding Covid-19 and the vaccine.
Please use this link to register for this informative and unique February 24 free zoom meeting.
Moderator: Jeriel Johnson, Executive Director of the Washington, DC Chapter of the Recording Academy currently oversees Academy Membership and Industry Relations for DC, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Panelists include:
Medical expert – Dr. Garrick Baskerville who is a board-certified Family Medicine physician and the Founder of METSI Care. He received a B.S. degree in Biology from the Pennsylvania State University. He has practiced in Primary Care, Urgent Care, Sports Medicine, and Occupational Health (Worker’s Compensation) for the past 13 years.Artist/Singer/Songwriter/Rapper – Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh is an artist that any fan of gospel, jazz, soul and hip-hop needs to know. The Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and emcee is often playing a supporting vocalist role for The Roots, Erykah Badu, Common and many other big names in music.
Since 1985, DJ Jazzy Jeff has wowed us with his flawless turntable skills, innovative production and musical versatility. With the success of DJ Jazzy Jeff &the Fresh Prince, his acclaimed production company A Touch of Jazz, a DMC Championship and multiple GRAMMY and American Music Awards wins and nominations, DJ Jazzy Jeff proves time and again that he’ll always be a force to be reckoned with.
More on Dr. Garrick Baskerville:
Dr. Baskerville opened his direct primary care office in Austin, Texas in November 2019 and celebrated with an official launch party and concert on February 20, 2020. Dr. Baskerville’s approach is unique in that while his practice serves all patients it focuses on the music entertainment, tech/start-up and service industry care.
On his website, Dr. Baskerville tells the story of his practice:
Through our Founder’s, Dr. Garrick Baskerville, involvement in the Music, and Art communities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Austin, Texas, he learned—because of high costs—many Creatives and Service Industry workers did not have proper access to affordable health care. He would treat them in a primary care or urgent care setting where they would usually come in when sick or injured and not for preventative or wellness care due to cost. They would simply say, “Doc, I can’t afford to. I don’t have insurance.” This did not sit right with Dr. Garrick and he dreamed that he would one day come up with a better solution to care for everyone, regardless of whether they had insurance or not. He believes that everyone should have access to personal, affordable, and high quality health care.
He believes that when you have access to quality health care that addresses your mind, body, and spirit, you will have improved health, wellness, and improved sense of being. With that in mind, Dr. Garrick founded METSI Care. METSI Care is not just a regular doctors office. Through METSI CARE, its members are able to come together as a community to learn about healthy living, experience new forms of creativity, and form new relationships with others within or outside their Industry.
At METSI Care, the environment is a FUN, RELAXED, space to truly help our members HEAL, CREATE, EXPERIENCE JOY and be FULLY SELF-EXPRESSED.
Dr. Baskerville has certainly created a DPC practice that combines both his love of the arts and his love of medicine. DPC News loves hearing about physicians like Dr. Baskerville who are using their creativity and passions to create unique DPC practices in their communities.