Dr. Baquet grew up on a small horse farm in Frederick, Maryland. He attended Elon University in North Carolina, where he double-majored in International Studies and Religious Studies, taking advantage of several opportunities to study abroad. Initially, he did not pursue a pre-medical path and spent a year serving in AmeriCorps before completing a post-baccalaureate premedical program at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. He then went on to attend medical school at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

While in medical school, Dr. Baquet met his wife, and together they matched into residency at Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. After residency, he remained at Wake Forest to complete an Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship, gaining additional specialized experience.

In his free time, Dr. Baquet enjoys spending time with his cavapoo, Lily, as well as reading, watching movies, and traveling.