North Berkshire Orthopaedic Specialist Joins Berkshire Orthopaedic Associates

11:26AM / Monday, April 30, 2018Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems has announced the appointment of Dr. James R. Parkinson, a well-respected and former longtime provider of Orthopaedic services in North Berkshire, to the medical staff of Berkshire Medical Center and the physician staff of Berkshire Orthopaedic Associates.

Dr. Parkinson will provide orthopaedic evaluation and care at Berkshire Orthopaedic Associates' North Adams Campus of BMC office.

Parkinson served on the medical staff of the former North Adams Regional Hospital and with the former Orthopedic Associates of Williamstown for more than 20 years. He also served as medical director of Sports Medicine and Team Physician for Williams College and the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts from 1982 to 2016.

Parkinson joins doctors Mahlon Bradley, Jeffrey Cella, Anthony DeFelice, David Grygier, Kevin Mitts, Daniel Sage and Mark Sprague in serving the Orthopaedic care needs of patients in the Berkshires and Southern Vermont through Berkshire Orthopaedic Associates, an affiliate of Berkshire Health Systems.

He received his medical degree from the University of Rochester, N.Y., and completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. He is board certified in orthopaedics and was fellowship-trained in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation at the University of Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.

For an appointment with Dr. Parkinson, ask your physician for a referral or call Berkshire Orthopaedic Associates in North Adams, 413-664-5699.

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MCLA STEM Week Brings Hands-On Science to Berkshire Students

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
06:20AM / Saturday, October 31, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — From exploring the night sky in an inflatable planetarium to measuring the copper content of pennies in a college chemistry lab, students from across Berkshire County visited MCLA for a hands-on opportunity to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics concepts

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts welcomed elementary, middle and high school students throughout the week of Oct. 19 through 23 as part of the state's STEM week.

The college serves as the regional center for the Berkshire STEM Network, a state-funded partnership that aims to broaden efforts to expand science education through partnerships with local schools, museums and community organizations, said Ann Billetz, Berkshire STEM network coordinator and MCLA biology teacher.

The week's activities benefited both local students and the college community by providing hands-on learning experiences for younger students while giving MCLA students opportunities to apply their classroom knowledge by interacting with them, Billetz said.

Throughout the week, MCLA welcomed students from Abbott Memorial Elementary School in the town of Florida and Clarksburg Elementary School, and from Hoosac Valley Middle School in Cheshire for hands-on activities exploring astronomy, biology, chemistry and marine science, along with opportunities to interact with college students.

The excitement among younger students was evident throughout the week, Billetz said, recalling a seventh-grade physics activity in which a student correctly identified Galileo during a discussion of Newton's work and later excitedly shared the moment with her teacher.

"To see them excited about what they're doing, to have them be able to go home and talk about the experience they had at MCLA is phenomenal," Billetz said.

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