By Lia Spiliotes ACROSS THE NATION, unequal access to health care raises urgent, pressing problems for individual and community health. For rural and underserved communities, the most urgent challenge for patients is our shrinking supply of primary care physicians. Data show that by 2030, the U.S. will face a primary care physician shortfall as high […]
Medical Monday: Dr. Leslie Fishbein Discusses Psychiatry on WAMC
CHP Psychiatrist Dr. Leslie Fishbein traveled to Albany on Monday, June 24 for the “Medical Monday” radio call-in program with WAMC Program Host Ray Graf. During the hour-long program, callers had questions about everything from borderline personality disorder to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to psychiatric medications and addiction. With this link to the program, you can […]
CHP Physician Leads Mass. Medical Society Resolution Declaring Healthcare ‘A Basic Human Right’
The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) has adopted a Community Health Programs physician’s resolution declaring health care to be a “basic human right.” At its recent annual meeting, the MMS adopted Dr. Michael Kaplan’s resolution, which was first introduced in 2017. The MMS resolution reads: The Massachusetts Medical Society asserts that enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, […]
CHP Names Staff to New North Adams Dental Practice
A dentist, dental hygienist and dental assistant have been named to Community Health Programs’ new dental practice at CHP North Adams Family Medical and Dental Center. Michael Wasserman, D.D.S., who previously worked in private practice in Pittsfield, is a graduate of the New York University College of Dentistry. He earned his undergraduate degree at the […]
Physician Joins CHP Lee Family Practice; Special Interest in LGBTQ Health
Dr. Jeremy Stoepker, family medicine physician, has relocated from New York City to join the primary care team at CHP Lee Family Practice. Stoepker has a special interest in LGBTQ health, alternative/complementary medicine approaches and holistic attention to caring for individuals and families. Most recently Stoepker was a teaching/attending physician at the Center for Family […]
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