Fairview Hospital Names New Emergency Medical Director

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Dr. Adrian Elliot

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Fairview Hospital has named Dr. Adrian Elliot as medical director of its Emergency Department, which sees more than 12,000 patients each year.

Elliot joined Fairview Hospital in 2012 following training in a Level 1 trauma center in Jacksonville, Fla.  

"Dr. Elliot's leadership skills were apparent soon after his arrival at Fairview and we know the ED will continue to improve and exceed the expectations of our patients under his direction," Dr. Brian Burke, chief of the medical staff, wrote in a memo to hospital staff announcing Elliot's appointment.

Elliot received his education at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and his training in emergency medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville, where he was chief resident from 2010-2011. He received the Pediatric Critical Care Resident of the Year Award in 2010.  


Elliot has conducted research and published articles including "Advances in Emergency medicine Ultrasound Technology" and "In-Hospital Therapeutic Hypothermia Initiatives" as well as participated in numerous education and community health projects.

"It is very satisfying to be able to help people, to swiftly stabilize people who require resuscitation," said Elliot of his emergency team. "We're able to give very personalized emergency care here, and our outcomes are better for it."

The associate director of the department is Dr. Raymond Sabatelli.

Elliot is board-certified by the American College of Emergency Physicians, a member of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, the American Medical Association and the Emergency Medicine Residents Association.

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EPA Lays Out Draft Plan for PCB Remediation in Pittsfield

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

Ward 4 Councilor James Conant requested the meeting be held at Herberg Middle School as his ward will be most affected. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — U.S. The Environmental Protection Agency and General Electric have a preliminary plan to remediate polychlorinated biphenyls from the city's Rest of River stretch by 2032.

"We're going to implement the remedy, move on, and in five years we can be done with the majority of the issues in Pittsfield," Project Manager Dean Tagliaferro said during a hearing on Wednesday.

"The goal is to restore the (Housatonic) river, make the river an asset. Right now, it's a liability."

The PCB-polluted "Rest of River" stretches nearly 125 miles from the confluence of the East and West Branches of the river in Pittsfield to the end of Reach 16 just before Long Island Sound in Connecticut.  The city's five-mile reach, 5A, goes from the confluence to the wastewater treatment plant and includes river channels, banks, backwaters, and 325 acres of floodplains.

The event was held at Herberg Middle School, as Ward 4 Councilor James Conant wanted to ensure that the residents who will be most affected by the cleanup didn't have to travel far.

Conant emphasized that "nothing is set in actual stone" and it will not be solidified for many months.

In February 2020, the Rest of River settlement agreement that outlines the continued cleanup was signed by the U.S. EPA, GE, the state, the city of Pittsfield, the towns of Lenox, Lee, Stockbridge, Great Barrington, and Sheffield, and other interested parties.

Remediation has been in progress since the 1970s, including 27 cleanups. The remedy settled in 2020 includes the removal of one million cubic yards of contaminated sediment and floodplain soils, an 89 percent reduction of downstream transport of PCBs, an upland disposal facility located near Woods Pond (which has been contested by Southern Berkshire residents) as well as offsite disposal, and the removal of two dams.

The estimated cost is about $576 million and will take about 13 years to complete once construction begins.

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