Dr. Evan Provisor joins Williamstown Medical Associates

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NORTH ADAMS - Evan Provisor, MD, a general surgeon, has joined Williamstown Medical Associates and the Medical Staff of North Adams Regional Hospital.

Dr. Provisor is a board-certified general surgeon and is accepting new patients. He comes to Williamstown Medical Associates from Sharon, Connecticut, where he practiced for 26 years. Dr. Provisor graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and completed his medical degree at Albany Medical College in Albany. He served his internship and residency at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Dr. Provisor also holds a master’s degree in healthcare management from RPI. His professional interests include laparoscopic, abdominal, and breast surgery.

“We are delighted to welcome Dr. Provisor to Williamstown Medical Associates, to North Adams Regional Hospital, and to the northern Berkshire community,” said Robert Jandl, MD, President of Williamstown Medical Associates. “His skills as a general surgeon and his years of practice experience will be a great asset for us all.”

Rick Palmisano, President and CEO of Northern Berkshire Healthcare, also welcomed Dr. Provisor to the area. “North Adams Regional Hospital’s surgical services facilities have been completely updated, and we’re excited to have Dr. Provisor join us to expand our surgical staff,” he said.

WMA has been providing comprehensive healthcare to the community since 1958.

WMA recently opened its new health center on Adams Road in Williamstown and also has offices in the Ambulatory Care Center at North Adams Regional Hospital. For information about the physicians and services of WMA, call (413) 458-8182.

North Adams Regional Hospital is a full-service community hospital serving a population of more than 40,000 residents of northern Berkshire County, southern Vermont, and eastern New York. NARH recently completed a modernization and expansion of patient care areas, including a new outpatient surgery center and new operating rooms, new critical care unit, birthing center, and emergency department.
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New Camp Is Safe Place for Children Suffering Loss to Addiction

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

Last year's Happy Campers courtesy of Max Tabakin.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A new camp is offering a safe place for children who have lost a parent or guardian to addiction. 
 
Director Gayle Saks founded the nonprofit "Camp Happy Place" last year. The first camp was held in June with 14 children.
 
Saks is a licensed drug and alcohol counselor who works at the Brien Center. One of her final projects when studying was how to involve youth, and a camp came to mind. Camp had been her "happy place" growing up, and it became her dream to open her own.
 
"I keep a bucket list in my wallet, and it's right on here on this list, and I cross off things that I've accomplished," she said. "But it is the one thing on here that I knew I had to do."
 
The overnight co-ed camp is held at a summer camp in Winsted, Conn., where Saks spent her summers as a child. It is four nights and five days and completely free. Transportation is included as are many of the items needed for camping. The camp takes up to 30 children.
 
"I really don't think there's any place that exists specifically for this population. I think it's important to know, we've said this, but that it is not a therapeutic camp," Saks said.
 
She said the focus is on fun for the children, though they are able to talk to any of the volunteer and trained staff. The staff all have experience in social work, addiction and counseling, and working with children.
 
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