New Cardiologist Joins BHS Staff

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Dr. Georgianne Valli-Harwood
PITTSFIELD - Dr. Georgianne Valli-Harwood has joined cardiology services at Berkshire Health Systems and is accepting new patients requiring cardiology care. Valli-Harwood is fellowship trained in cardiology and provides general cardiology, nuclear cardiography and echocardiography services. In the future, she will be providing cardiac CT interpretation, including coronary calcium scoring. Valli-Harwood joins a team of highly trained cardiology providers serving the Berkshires and surrounding communities. She is partnering with Drs. Jeffrey Leppo, David Finck, William Levy, Kyle Ann Cooper, Kristen Currie, Roberta Erena, Philip Bhark, Martin Broder, Douglas Herr, J. Mark Peterman and physician assistants Robert Tebben, Dianna Brooks, John Henry, Rebecca Takis-Smith and nurse practitioners Brenda Bowie and Sharyn Hickey, in providing a broad range of cardiology services. Cardiology services has offices in the BMC Medical Arts Complex in Pittsfield, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington and in the Doctor's Building at North Adams Regional Hospital. Valli-Harwood trained in cardiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where she also completed her medical residency. She received her medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York and has an undergraduate degree from Yale University. She is board certified in internal medicine. Her interests include preventive care and women's health. For an appointment with Dr. Valli-Harwood or one of her colleagues, ask your physician for a referral or call cardiology services at BHS at 413-395-7580.
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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 smoke and flames at around 1:44 p.m.

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