BMC Adds Pulmonary Care Specialist To Staff

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Dr. Otto Villa
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems has appointed of Dr. Otto Villa, a board-certified and fellowship-trained pulmonologist and critical care specialist, to the medical staffs of Berkshire Medical Center and Pulmonary Professional Services of BMC.

He joins Drs. Daniel Doyle, Jack Ringler, Michael Mortelliti and Twinkle Chandak in providing pulmonary and critical care services to patients throughout the Berkshires.

Villa was co-director of the Intensive Care Unit at Holyoke Medical Center. He previously worked at Mount Sinai in New York City, specializing in the treatment of sarcoidosis, interstitial lung diseases and lung transplant cases. His work has been published in several medical journals.

He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine. He received his medical degree from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Medical School in Medellin, Colombia. He also has a doctorate in immunology and biochemistry from Wake Forest University. He completed his residency in internal medicine at St. Agnes Hospital of Baltimore, a teaching affiliate of Johns Hopkins Medical School. Villa also is fellowship trained in allergy and clinical immunology from Brigham and Women's Hospital and in pulmonary and critical care medicine from Tufts-New England Medical Center, both in Boston.

A physician referral is needed for an appointment with Villa or one of his colleagues. For more information, call 413-447-2695.

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Multiple Departments Respond to Lanesborough Structure Fire

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Multiple fire departments responded to a structure fire off Narragansett Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. 

The Fire Department received a call from the owner of 6 Bangor St. reporting a smoke and flames at around 1:44 p.m.

Firefighters arriving on scene reported heavy smoke emanating from the the 1940s single-family ranch home in the thickly settle neighborhood.

The blaze was brought under control in less than an hour and there were no civilian or firefighter injuries. 

"The homeowner was outside doing some work, evidently, opened the door when she came back in the house, and there were flames and smoke, so she backed out and called us, and that's all we know right now," Deputy Fire Chief Glen Storie said around 2:35 p.m. 

The fire was out at that time, and first responders observed "quite a bit of damage" to the home. The cause is still under investigation. 

Lanesborough, Cheshire, and Pittsfield departments responded to the scene, and Hancock covered the station during the call. 

"The first crew in knocked the fire right down with the first engine," Storie said. 

Smoke could be seen coming from the back of the home. Part of Narragansett Avenue and Bangor Avenue were blocked off while firefighters battled the blaze. 

 

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