Berkshire Health Systems is the leading provider of comprehensive healthcare services for residents and visitors to Berkshire County. From inpatient surgery and cancer care to provider visits and imaging, Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) offers a continuum of programs and services that help patients to connect to the care they need, no matter where they are located in the rural Berkshire community.
BHS supports 24-hour emergency care at its two inpatient acute care facilities, Berkshire Medical Center (BMC)in Pittsfield and Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, as well as the Satellite Emergency Facilityon the BMC campus in North Adams. Our hospitals offer advanced imaging and lab services and are closely integrated with the specialty care provided at the BMC Cancer Center.Berkshire Visiting Nurses Association (BVNA), BHS Urgent Care Center, and the BHS medical group network of primary and specialty care providers extend our continuum of expert care beyond the hospital. Ultimately, BHS offers its broad range of award-winning services at 28 provider clinics with 51 office locations across the county.
As the largest employer in Berkshire County, BHS supports more than 4,000 jobs in the region, and, as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, BHS is committed to partnering with local municipalities and community organizations to help the county thrive.
At Berkshire Health Systems, we know that overall wellness is the result of healthy families, healthy environments, and healthy communities, not just excellent medical care. Therefore, we support our patients beyond the hospital, clinic, or medical office. We recognize that each of our patients has unique needs and challenges. We strive to make each experience with BHS one that is welcoming, personalized, and convenient for the patient. We make connections and promote community services that give patients the tools to live healthier lives.
The thriving Berkshire community we envision is built on health and wellness. We believe that partnering with patients to stay healthy and well is just as important as caring for every patient inside our health system. As the regions leading healthcare provider,
StewardshipWe believe that to ensure our future ability to fulfill our mission, we need to maintain a financially viable organization and focus our resources on the most pressing health needs of the community.
Diversity We believe that in order to serve all of our patients, we need to develop the cultural competency and diversity of our staff and work to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in the health status of our community.
John A. Loiodice, MD, FACS, was appointed as Chief of Staff at Berkshire Medical Center in 2002. He is a board certified Otolaryngologist (Ear, Nose & Throat) and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a graduate of Wayne State University School of medicine in Detroit, Michigan, and trained in Surgery and Otolaryngology at the Albert Einstein Hospital in New York City. Dr. Loiodice practices with Berkshire Ear, Nose & Throat, a BMC physician practice.
Dr. James Lederer joined Berkshire Health Systems in January of 2020, with more than 20 years of experience in leading innovative, patient-focused, high-quality care initiatives in settings spanning acute-care hospitals, health systems and physician practices. He most recently had served as Vice President for Clinical Excellence at Allspire Health Partners in Pennsylvania. Previously he was Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer at St. Alphonsus Health Systems in Idaho, and he has served in senior leadership roles at systems in North Carolina.
Dr. Lederer received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and completed his residency in Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee. He was fellowship trained in Infectious Diseases at St. Jude's Childrens Research Hospital. Dr. Lederer is board certified in Internal Medicine and Adult Infectious Diseases.
Dr.Raymond Gary Soh lhas served as Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology since 2011, and previously served as Medical Director of the Operating Rooms at Berkshire Medical Center from 2007 to 2009. Hejoined Berkshire Health Systems in 2006.
Dr. Lauren Slater joined the BMC medical staff in 2011 and is Chair of Maternal Child Health.She received her medical degree from the State University of New York Upstate Medical School in Syracuse, NY, and completed her residency training at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, CT.
In addition to general OB/GYN services, Dr. Slater specializes in Gynecologic robotic surgery utilizing BMCs da Vinci Surgical System, a state-of-the-art robotic-assisted system that allows the surgeon to perform complex surgery through very small incisions and with great precision.
Dr. Krochmal is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Cytopathology, and has dual fellowship training in Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She also completed her residency in Pathology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Dr. Liliana Markovic has served as Chair of the Psychiatry Department since 2019, after serving as Medical Director of the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit from 2007 to 2019, and Vice Chair of the department from 2017 to 2019. Dr. Markovic also leads Berkshire Medical Centers electroconvulsive therapy program.Dr.Markovic is a member of Berkshire Medical Centers faculty, teaching its residents and medical students, and an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Dr. Markovic is board certified in Psychiatry. She received her medical degree from the University of Belgrade School of Medicine and completed her residency in adult psychiatry at St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University in New York.Dr. Markovics special interests include first onset psychosis, mood disorders and perinatal psychiatric disorders.
Dr. Loring grew up locally in Lee. She is board certified in Radiology and fellowship trained in Breast Imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She received her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed her residency in Radiology at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut.
Dr. Loring is a long-time member of the BMC medical staff and is highly experienced in mammography and Breast MRI, and has expertise in ultrasound, biopsies and other studies related to Women's Imaging.
Dr. Marcella Bradway is Chair of the Department of Surgery and is a Colon and Rectal surgeon. A Pittsfield native, Dr. Bradway has previously served as Interim Chair of Surgery twice, during 2016 and again in 2018. She is the first female to serve as Chair of Surgery at BMC. She served as Vice Chair of Surgery from 2013 to early 2018. She was honored by the Medical Center in 2012 with its Patient-Centered Physician Award.
Dr. Bradway is board certified in general and colon and rectal surgery and fellowship trained in colon and rectal surgery from St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT. She received her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed her residency at the University of Connecticut Integrated Surgical Residency Program.
Helping to support your health and well-being, while also advancing the health needs of our community is our mission at Berkshire Health Systems. To do so, we are committed to delivering high-quality, safe, reliable healthcare to all people who need our help.
The BHS Board of Trustees and executive leadership team annually set ambitious goals for clinical quality and excellent patient outcomes at all BHS facilities, and our skilled and compassionate professionals are always striving for improvement and working to do better for our community.
Our deep and enduring commitment to quality patient care can be seen in our regular recognition by independent, third-party evaluators like Healthgradesand Leapfrog, which make public assessments that provide patients with unbiased information about clinical quality and patient outcomes. These types of assessments are cumulative and are often based on hundreds of data points across departments and programs. Receiving these types of recognitions are true indications that a health system is performing well on a comprehensive level.
Berkshire Health Systems has received a significant number of these awards over the past 10 years, providing evidence that everyone in the system is partnering successfully to deliver the best for our patients.
In the past decade, Berkshire Medical Center (BMC) has been recognized four times as a Healthgrades Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence, ranking BMC among the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation. In 2014, BMC was honored as a Truven Top 100 Hospital, only one of 5 hospitals to receive this award in the entire Northeast, and in 2016, BMC was recognized by Healthgrades as one of the Top 100 Hospitals in America of more than 4,000 hospitals overall. BMC has also been recognized as a Leapfrog Top Teaching Hospital for the past two years in a row and has earned a Leapfrog Grade A for Safety for 9 of the past 10 years.
Fairview was recognized as a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by The Chartis Group in 2021 and has consistently ranked among the top 10 percent of the nations hospitals by Healthgrades for Outstanding Patient Experience every year for the past 10 years. Both hospitals also earn high marks from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, with five stars overall for Fairview and four stars overall for BMC.
In addition, Healthgrades regularly commends individual BHS programs and services for excellence in patient safety and care quality. Most recently, BMC was recognized as a five-star recipient for the fourth year in a row for treatment of respiratory failure. BMC was also awarded five-star status for carotid procedures (the only hospital in Massachusetts) and for treatment of sepsis (one of only eighteen hospitals in Massachusetts). Fairview was one of 11 hospitals in Massachusetts to be recognized with the Pulmonary Care Excellence Award, ranking it among the top 10 percent in the nation for overall pulmonary services. It was also awarded five stars for the third year in a row for the treatment of pneumonia (one of 16 hospitals in Massachusetts).