New Neurosurgeon Joins Berkshire Health Systems

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Berkshire Health Systems announces the appointment of Laszlo B. Tamas, MD, a highly skilled and experienced neurosurgeon, to the medical staff of Berkshire Medical Center.

Dr. Tamas comes to the Berkshires after serving for many years as Chief of Neurological Surgery at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in California. Dr. Tamas is accepting new patients in need of neurosurgical and spinal surgery services and joins Deepa Soni, MD, in the Neurosurgical physician practice of Berkshire Health Systems, BMC Medical Arts Complex, 777 North St., 5th floor.

Dr. Tamas is board certified in Neurosurgery and fellowship trained in Stereotactic Functional Neurosurgery. He received his medical degree from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and completed his residency training at the University of Washington at Seattle and the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Dr. Tamas is also a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Dr. Tamas served at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center from 1993 to 2009 and was also President and Director of Neurosurgery for the Pacific Neurosciences Institute from 1993 to 2002, and was a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford University from 1997 to 2002.

For an appointment with Dr. Tamas, ask your physician for a referral or call 413-447-2870.
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North Adams Man Indicted on Murder, Arson Charges

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Darius Hazard was arraigned in Berkshire Superior Court on Thursday on two counts of first-degree murder related to deaths of his parents last November. 
 
Hazard, 44, pleaded not guilty to the charges and to a third charge of arson of a dwelling house.
 
He is being held without bail at the Berkshire County House of Correction, where he has been housed since Nov. 25. 
 
Hazard is accused of assaulting his parents, Donald Hazard, 83, and Venture Hazard, 76, on Nov. 24, 2025, and setting fire to the family on Francis Street. 
 
The bodies of his parents were discovered in the home by firefighters. 
 
North Adams Police said Hazard allegedly confessed to the assaults and the arson when he was taken into custody that day.
 
Hazard was initially arraigned in Northern Berkshire District Court on Nov. 26 and was to appear for a pretrial hearing on March 3. That hearing was postponed but he was indicted March 23 on the felony charges and his case removed to Berkshire Superior Court. 
 
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