Yearly Archives: 2023

Baystate Health’s Advanced Practitioner Fellowship Program in Primary Care Receives Accreditation with Distinction

On September 25, 2023, Baystate Health’s Advanced Practitioner Fellowship program in Primary Care, located at the high street community health center, was accredited with Distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs (also known as the Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Accreditation, or APPFA). This is trailblazing work, as fewer…

EDUCATION PIPELINE HELPS KEEP STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY THEY LOVE

Celene Boyce, DNP, AGACNP-BC did her clinical rotations in the Baystate Health system as a doctoral student at Elms College and appreciated her “great education” so much that she accepted her “perfect job” in Baystate Medical Center’s Surgical Trauma ICU.

The Sky’s the Limit: BMC Anesthesiologist on Quest to Compete in the World’s Top Trail Ultramarathon

Some of us may enjoy spending our free time during the summer relaxing by the beach or pool, reading a book, or perhaps taking a day hike. Derek Rosner, DO takes it to a whole other level (literally). Rosner, an anesthesiologist at Baystate Medical Center, travelled with his family in June to Andorra, a tiny…

In Decreasing Firearm Violence, Trauma Surgeon Kristina Kramer Looks Toward a “Better Tomorrow”

“There’s a different feeling in the trauma bay from the whole team when a gunshot wound victim is brought in,” notes Kristina Kramer, MD, FACS, associate trauma medical director and trauma and acute care surgeon at Baystate Medical Center (BMC). “Your heart rate is higher. Decisions have to be made more quickly. The injury is often…

70 Miles and 17,598 Feet: BMC Team Members Hike to Mt. Everest Base Camp

In April, team members from Baystate Medical Center Emergency Medicine and alumni headed on a long journey in Nepal to the base of Mount Everest. The 23-day quest was part of wilderness medicine training hosted by Wild Med Adventures and Dr. Ben Mattingly, who established Baystate’s Wilderness Medicine Fellowship.

Her First Job at BMC Inspired Her to Become a Doctor, On July 1 She Returns as a Resident.

Stephanie Newsome, MD, Resident, Baystate Medical Center Emergency Department shares about her career journey from an administrative secretary in the ICU to medical school, and the many experiences at BMC that helped guide her career path:

My Baystate Story: Kelly Tyler, MD, Division Chief, Colorectal Surgery, Baystate Medical Center

March is Colorectal Awareness Month, and here Dr. Kelly Tyler shares how she honed in on the field of Colorectal Surgery, the three biggest lessons her work has taught her, and what she feels everyone should know about colon cancer:

My Baystate Story: Dr. Benjamin Freda, Chief of Hospital Medicine, Baystate Franklin Medical Center

“I am Dr. Benjamin J. Freda, and I have been working within Baystate Health for 17 years. I began working as a nephrologist in the Renal Division and served as the director of continuous renal replacement therapy and intensive care nephrology. I have been working in Hospital Medicine over the last 8 years, and I…