Stephanie Nordstrom and Amanda Beaver met eight years ago as new nurses. Between the two, they have worked at close to 15 different hospitals as travel nurses, and through it all, they have become the best of friends. It was a work experience in the Emergency Department at Baystate Wing Hospital that made them realize…
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…
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.
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…
“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…
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.
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:
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:
“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…
Construction on the new operating rooms and heart and vascular and neuro interventional procedure rooms at Baystate Medical Center is progressing and excitement is building with the planned opening scheduled for March of 2023. During construction planning, frontline employees have provided their important input and direction regarding room layouts, equipment, supplies, and workflow. Equipment in…