Steve Baker, MD

"Steve Baker MD, has served as a clinical assistant professor of family medicine with the University of Washington, teaching family medicine residents in Vancouver since 2001. He has also been medical director of New Heights Clinic, a faith based clinic for patients with no health insurance who have difficulty paying for medical care, since its founding in 1996. In addition, he partnered for 15 years with Dr. Julius Surjadi, taking teams for 1-3 trips a year to Papua, Indonesia, to help Dr. Surjadi set up a successful training program for tribal church workers to bring basic health- care to remote, untouched tribes."

"What is Direct Primary Care? Direct Primary Care (DPC) is a new type of membership practice in which the patient has a close relationship with their physician. That is why our initial get-acquainted visits are up to an hour long, and follow-up visits are up to 30-60 minutes. You will enjoy exceptional access not only through office visits, but also via texts, phone, email, or even video. The focus is on having a strong relationship between physician and patient. We carefully limit the number of patients assigned to each physician to make sure that we can be available when you need us and spend the time necessary to provide you with personal care. In traditional practices, each physician may be assigned as many as 2500-3000 patients. At Main Street Family Medicine, we prefer to limit our practice to about a third of that number. This means your physician will know you personally and be able to work with you to tailor your care to what you need as a unique individual. As a member of Main Street Family Medicine, here are a few of the advantages you'll enjoy Personalized care tailored to your comfort level. A physician who knows your story inside and out. The knowledge that you are one of only about 700 patients. Same-day or next-day scheduling on regular business days with little to no waits and extended visits of an hour or more, if you'd like. Quality time with your doctor; ask all the questions you want-we actually want you to! An after hours phone number that gets a quick response. That's what we call around-the-clock service. Inexpensive and direct service. We work directly with you instead of hassling with insurance."