Hays Medical Center welcomes four new physicians to the medical staff. Drs. Michael Albrecht, Jerod Grove, Arbin Katwal and Derek Yarmer began their duties Aug. 1.
Albrecht, who specializes in internal medicine, is a native of Herington and is working at Medical Specialists. He completed medical school at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita. He also completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Colorado in Denver, Colo.
Grove, who is a surgeon, joined the Southwind Surgical group at HaysMed. He completed medical school and a surgery residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City. Grove is originally from Dodge City.
Katwal is seeing patients at HaysMed Debakey Heart Institute and is an interventional cardiologist. He completed medical school at B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. He completed an internal medicine residency at Palmetto Health, University of South Carolina in Columbia and fellowships in general cardiology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and interventional cardiology at Loyola University medical Center in Maywood, Ill. He is board certified in general cardiology, nuclear cardiology, adult echocardiography and internal medicine.
Yarmer is an native of Albert and will be working in the Emergency Department. He completed medical school at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, and an emergency medicine residency at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.