Garrett Fontaine, MD

Pronouns: he/him

Pronunciation of Dr. Garett Fontaine

Garrett grew up in central New Hampshire where he gained a love of the outdoors and service to his community. The natural marriage of these was undoubtedly small-town family medicine. As an undergraduate at UConn he studied exercise physiology and worked at the human performance lab and Korey Stringer Institute which focused on elite athlete performance and advocacy for preventing sudden death in sports. During this time, he became passionate about providing healthcare to underserved populations, namely migrant farmworkers and people who are unhoused, owing much of this inspiration to Bruce Gould MD. To further these interests, Garrett completed coursework in advocacy and a term of service with Americorps. His desire to be a small-town family doctor lead him to Maine-Dartmouth for residency, where he was fortunate to care for his local community and migrant farmworkers through the Maine Mobile Health Program, represent his residency on the Maine Academy of Family Physicians Board of Directors and subcommittee on legislative advocacy, serve as chief resident, and lay the groundwork for a street medicine clinic in partnership with the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter. Among Garrett’s other interests are mental health, addiction medicine, ultrasound, and adolescent medicine. When not at work, you can find him enjoying his outdoor or hydroponic gardens, woodworking, fly fishing, or spending time with his loved ones.