Our Mission
Service-Centric Health Care
What Makes Us Special
Understanding Harassment
Derby City PrEP Clinic is a division of Music City PrEP clinic.
Our Story
Our Story
Founded in 2017, the Rod Bragg Derby City PrEP Clinic is a sexual health and wellness clinic. Our mission is to get to zero new HIV transmissions in Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Our goal is to provide PrEP or HIV Care to each patient at no cost or at the lowest cost possible regardless of income or insurance status. Our services include discreet, lab testing for HIV and bacterial STDs, plus hepatitis A, B, and C testing. The Derby City PrEP Clinic has provided services for over 20,000 patients.
As an extension of our mission, in 2022, we expanded into Kentucky with the Derby City PrEP Clinic located on East Washington Street in Lousiville, where we offer PEP, PrEP and STD testing and treatment. Derby City PrEP has provided services to over 1,000 patients and is growing quickly.
If you live in Tennessee or Kentucky but aren’t close to Nashville or Louisville, we can still serve you through telemedicine in the comfort of your own home. Click here to make a telemedicine appointment.
Our Leadership
Our Leadership
Rich MacKinnon
Executive Director
Bio & Credentials
Rich MacKinnon co-founded Derby City PrEP Clinic in 2017 with Rod Bragg, Joe Taylor, and Steven Davidson. After Rod Bragg’s untimely passing, shortly after the clinic’s founding, Rich MacKinnon took over the role of Executive Director. In less than two years, Rich MacKinnon grew the clinic from a small start-up with a handful of patients to the largest provider of PrEP in the state of Tennessee.
Rich MacKinnon comes from a diverse background as a technology entrepreneur in Silicon Valley and Austin; civic leader chairing the City of Austin’s Urban Transportation Commission, Downtown Commission, and Capitol Metro’s (Austin regional transit authority) Customer Satisfaction Advisory Committee; and community activist serving on the boards of ACLU of Texas, EFF-Austin, Central Texas Civil Liberties Union, Austin Wireless, and Austin Public Transit Alliance.
Dr. Joe Taylor
Chief Medical Officer
Bio & Credentials
Along with being the Chief Medical Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, Dr. Joe Taylor was also one of the initial core team that brought Rod Bragg’s vision of Derby City PrEP Clinic into reality. Prior to his work with Derby City PrEP Clinic, Dr. Taylor worked in private practice for 33 years after obtaining his medical degree from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Now he dedicates his time and expertise to the mission of Derby City PrEP Clinic where he can focus on giving back to the LGBT+ community.
