Dr. Ishmael Griffin

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

Dr. M. Ishmael Griffin is a Harvard-educated, board-certified physician with more than 25 years of clinical experience spanning emergency medicine, urgent care, and primary care. He earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, completed residency at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City, and holds a Master’s in Population Health Management from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
For the past nine years, Dr. Griffin has served as an attending physician and department director in inner-city New York hospitals, following his success as the owner of a rapidly growing, UCA-accredited urgent care practice. He brings strong clinical leadership, deep community commitment, and a longstanding dedication to caring for underserved populations.