Kidney Specialist Joins BMC Staff and Physician Practice

11:13AM / Monday, June 27, 2011Print Story | Email Story

Dr. Steven Lamontagne

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems has appointed Dr. Steven P. Lamontagne – a fellowship trained nephrologist – to the Kidney Disease and Hypertension Center at Berkshire Medical Center.

Lamontagne joins Dr. David Albert, Dr. Hani Erian, Dr. David Henner, Dr. Stephen Nelson and Dr. Henry Rose on the physician staff at the center and is accepting new patients in need of dialysis and/or kidney disease services.
Lamontagne is board certified in internal medicine and was fellowship trained in nephrology at the University of Rochester Medical Center - the Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY. He received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed his residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

For an appointment with Lamontagne or one of his colleagues, call the Kidney Disease & Hypertension Center at BMC, 413-447-2764.

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Berkshire Force 12U Wins Tournament Title

iBerkshires.com Sports06:29PM / Sunday, October 18, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Charlotte Kotski doubled, and Abbigail McLaughlin had a pair of hits Sunday to lead the Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team to a 14-11 win over the Cage Heat Elite in the championship game of the Nightmare on the Dirt tournament.

The Force scored six runs in the top of the first and never trailed in the title game win at the Doyle Complex.

Emma Wixsom and Peyton Demary split time in the circle, striking out 11 in the seven-inning win. Wixsom helped their cause by driving in a pair of runs.

The Force, which started bracket play as the two-day tournament's No. 1 seed, advanced to the tournament final on Sunday by beating the Northern Columbia Impact, 12-0, and the Bethlehem Bombers, 9-2.

Against the Impact, McLaughlin and Kotski each homered and drove in three runs.

In the win over Bethlehem, Kotski went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and three RBIs and McLaughlin was 2-for-2 with a double in a six-hit attack for the Force.

In the 10U bracket, the Adams-Cheshire-Savoy Swat defeated the Berkshire Force, 10-9, on Sunday morning to reach the tournament semi-finals, where the Swat fell to the HVS Select, 10-1.

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