An Emporia surgeon has decided to join Newman hospital’s physician group.
Dr. Tim Harris joined Newman Medical Partners on Saturday, according to a news release from Newman Regional Health. The medical group is a division of NRH. Other physicians in the group are Drs. Richard Rattay and Michael Yost, who joined the medical partnership in 2007 and operate Newman Orthopedics & Sports Medicine.
Harris’s practice, Twin Rivers Surgical Clinic, became Newman Surgical Specialists with the change. The location and phone number, however, remain the same — 1301 W. 12th Ave., Suite 207, 342-6161 or 1-800-756-6684.
“With the ongoing changes in medicine, I feel the opportunity to join the medical team at Newman Regional Health will allow me to work more closely with the hospital to deliver excellent surgical care,” Harris wrote in a letter to the hospital’s medical staff.
Harris has practiced surgery in Emporia since 1991 and has been on the hospital’s medical staff since that time. Board-certified in general surgery, he received his undergraduate degree from Pittsburg State University, his medical degree from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Mo., and completed his internship and residency at Tulsa Regional Medical Center.