General Surgeon Joins North Adams Regional Hospital

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Jane I. Tsao

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — General Surgeon Jane I. Tsao joined the medical staff of North Adams Regional Hospital and Northern Berkshire General Surgery.

She is board certified by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Tsao earned her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and completed residencies at Baylor College and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. She completed a fellowship in hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery at Lahey Clinic and a clinical fellowship in surgery at Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital. She also holds master degrees in religion and theology.

Dr. Tsao is experienced in gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary-pancreatic, breast, thyroid and parathyroid surgery. She has added experience in the repair of bile duct injuries and the management of benign and neoplastic diseases of the pancreas, bile duct and liver.

Dr. Tsao has performed surgery at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston, and Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Jamaica Plain and has held teaching positions at Tufts Medical School.

Tsao is accepting new patients and can be reached through the offices of Northern Berkshire General Surgery at 413-664-5999.

 

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MassDOT Warns of Toll-fee Smishing Scam

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation was alerted that a text message-based scam, also known as smishing, is fraudulently claiming to represent tolling agencies from across the country. The scammers are claiming to represent the tolling agency and requesting payment for unpaid tolls.

The targeted phone numbers seem to be chosen at random and are not uniquely associated with an account or usage of toll roads.

Customers who receive an unsolicited text, email, or similar message suggesting it is from EZDriveMA or another toll agency should not click on the link.

EZDriveMA customers can verify a valid text notification in several ways:

  • EZDriveMA will never request payment by text
  • All links associated with EZDriveMA will include www.EZDriveMA.com

The FBI says it has received more than 2,000 complaints related to toll smishing scams since early March and recommends individuals who receive fraudulent messages do the following:

1. File a complaint with the  Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov; be sure to include:

The phone number from where the text originated.
The website listed within the text

2. Check your account using the toll service's legitimate website.

3. Contact the toll service's customer service phone number.

4. Delete any smishing texts received.

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