(KNZA)--A new doctor is coming to Hiawatha.
Hiawatha Family Practice and Hiawatha Community Hospital have announced that Dr. Jessica Jarvis will be joining their team of providers in September.
According to a press release, Dr. Jarvis is a 2016 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita and completed her residency at Via Christi Family Medicine Residency. She was named the Top Resident in her class all three years of residency.
As a family medicine provider, the release says Dr. Jarvis will see patients of all ages, but has a passion for women's health including OB.
Dr. Jarvis is certified with the American Board of Family Medicine as well as in Basic Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support, STABLE, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, and Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics. She is a member of the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Dr. Jarvis and her husband, Richard, recently purchased a home in Hiawatha and are currently relocating to the area.
The couple enjoy KU athletics, as well as the Chiefs and Royal’s. Dr. Jarvis also enjoys cooking, baking and going to zoo's.
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