CHP Barrington OB/GYN Welcomes New Physician

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Yi-Lo Yu, MD, has joined the medical staff at CHP Barrington OB/GYN.
 
She practiced most recently as an OB/GYN hospitalist at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield and Heywood Hospital in Gardner, MA. She has also practiced as a generalist, specializing in minimally invasive surgery, at Holyoke Medical Group Women's Services and RiverBend Medical Group in the Greater Springfield area. She has also served as adjunct faculty at Quinnipiac University, New England Medical School, and Baystate/Tufts Medical School. 
 
A graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School, Yu completed her residency at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, covering Hartford Hospital, The Hospital of Central Connecticut, and John Dempsey Hospital, as well as Connecticut Children's Hospital. 
 
Yu earned her bachelor's in psychology and neuroscience and behavior, and her master's degree in neuroscience and behavior from Wesleyan University.  
 
During the Covid-19 pandemic, she was the supervising director of Mobile Mamas, a telehealth program for pregnant women. She is now a consultant for Maven Clinic, a women's telehealth service, and she is a medical editor of the Maven Clinic website. 
 
During her medical education, she received numerous academic honors and fellowship appointments, and she has published research on topics in neurology, melanoma and memory recovery. She is board certified by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 

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Berkshire Special Olympics Returns to Monument Mountain

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. – Hundreds of athletes of all ages converged at Monument Mountain Regional High School Wednesday for the 45th annual Berkshire County Special Olympics meet.
 
Runners, jumpers and throwers from throughout the county put themselves to the test and were recognized for their accomplishments.
 
As always, one of the highlights of the day was the banner parade, when Special Olympians from various teams make their way around the track to be honored by the fans in attendance.
 
This year, the newly-created Lee High School/Monument Mountain Unified Sports team had the honor of leading the athletes behind a contingent of local law enforcement officers.
 
Unified Sports, an initiative of Special Olympics and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, allows students with intellectual disabilities to compete in basketball in the winter and track in the summer alongside peers without disabilities while representing their schools.
 
Coaches varsity student-athletes from around South County participated in Wednesday’s event, helping to coordinate competition on two sides of the track and throughout the infield.
 
This year’s meet was dedicated to the memory of longtime Special Olympian Michele Adler, who competed for the Berkshire County-based Red Raiders team for more than 20 years and represented Massachusetts as a bowler at the 2010 USA Games.
 
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