Michael McInerney, MD, Chief of Staff, Berkshire Medical Center 
A respected Internal Medicine specialist and long-time member of the Berkshire Medical Center medical staff, Dr. Michael McInerney was appointed BMC Chief of Staff in 2019. Dr. McInerney joined the BMC medical staff in 1985 and has served as a physician with the Berkshire Medical Group and its successor, Berkshire Internists of BMC.
Dr. McInerney is board certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Worcester Memorial Hospital.
Dr. McInerney has previously served as Vice Chief of Staff of Berkshire Medical Center.
In 2015, Dr. McInerney was honored for his many years of dedicated service to patients by the Berkshire District Medical Society as Community Clinician of the Year.
Dr. James Lederer joined Berkshire Health Systems in January of 2020, with more than 20 years of experience in leading innovative, patient-focused, high-quality care initiatives in settings spanning acute-care hospitals, health systems and physician practices. He most recently had served as Vice President for Clinical Excellence at Allspire Health Partners in Pennsylvania. Previously he was Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer at St. Alphonsus Health Systems in Idaho, and he has served in senior leadership roles at systems in North Carolina.
Dr. Lederer received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and completed his residency in Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee. He was fellowship trained in Infectious Diseases at St. Jude's Childrens Research Hospital. Dr. Lederer is board certified in Internal Medicine and Adult Infectious Diseases.
Berkshire Medical Center Department Chairs
Anesthesiology - Raymond Gary Sohl, MD
Dr. Raymond Gary Sohl has served as Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology since 2011, and previously served as Medical Director of the Operating Rooms at Berkshire Medical Center from 2007 to 2009. He joined Berkshire Health Systems in 2006.
He received his medical degree from the University Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mexico and New York Medical College, and completed his residency in Anesthesia at the University of Massachusetts.
Dr. Sohl is board certified in Anesthesiology.
Emergency Medicine - Michael McHugh, MD
Michael McHugh, MD, was named Chairman of the BMC Emergency Medicine Department in 2016 after serving for many years as an Emergency Medicine physician at the medical center.
Dr. McHugh is board certified in Emergency Medicine and was the recipient of BMC's Patient-Centered Physician Award in 2014.
He received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 1998 and completed his residency at Albany Medical Center in 2001.
Maternal/Child Health - Lauren Slater, MD
Dr. Lauren Slater joined the BMC medical staff in 2011 and is Chair of Maternal Child Health. She received her medical degree from the State University of New York Upstate Medical School in Syracuse, NY, and completed her residency training at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, CT.
In addition to general OB/GYN services, Dr. Slater specializes in Gynecologic robotic surgery utilizing BMC’s da Vinci® Surgical System, a state-of-the-art robotic-assisted system that allows the surgeon to perform complex surgery through very small incisions and with great precision.
Pathology - Jessica Krochmal, MD
Dr. Jessica Krochmal is Chair of the Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories. She joined BMC in 2008.
Dr. Krochmal is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Cytopathology, and has dual fellowship training in Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She also completed her residency in Pathology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
She received her medical degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine.
Psychiatry - Liliana Markovic, MD
Dr. Liliana Markovic has served as Chair of the Psychiatry Department since 2019, after serving as Medical Director of the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit from 2007 to 2019, and Vice Chair of the department from 2017 to 2019. Dr. Markovic also leads Berkshire Medical Center’s electroconvulsive therapy program. Dr. Markovic is a member of Berkshire Medical Center’s faculty, teaching its residents and medical students, and an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Dr. Markovic is board certified in Psychiatry. She received her medical degree from the University of Belgrade School of Medicine and completed her residency in adult psychiatry at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University in New York. Dr. Markovic’s special interests include first onset psychosis, mood disorders and perinatal psychiatric disorders.
Radiology - Lisa Loring, MD
Dr. Lisa Loring is Chair of the Radiology Department and specializes in Women's Imaging.
Dr. Loring grew up locally in Lee. She is board certified in Radiology and fellowship trained in Breast Imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She received her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed her residency in Radiology at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut.
Dr. Loring is a long-time member of the BMC medical staff and is highly experienced in mammography and Breast MRI, and has expertise in ultrasound, biopsies and other studies related to Women's Imaging.
Surgery - Marcella Bradway, MD
Dr. Marcella Bradway is Chair of the Department of Surgery and is a Colon and Rectal surgeon. A Pittsfield native, Dr. Bradway has previously served as Interim Chair of Surgery twice, during 2016 and again in 2018. She is the first female to serve as Chair of Surgery at BMC. She served as Vice Chair of Surgery from 2013 to early 2018. She was honored by the Medical Center in 2012 with its Patient-Centered Physician Award.
Dr. Bradway is board certified in general and colon and rectal surgery and fellowship trained in colon and rectal surgery from St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT. She received her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed her residency at the University of Connecticut Integrated Surgical Residency Program.
She previously served as Chair of Surgery for Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT and returned to her hometown of Pittsfield in 2008.
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