CHP Berkshire Pediatrics Center
Betsy Valade, DO
Dr. Valade has been practicing pediatric medicine since 2008 in Berkshire County. She completed her undergraduate degree at Bowdoin College, followed by a medical degree from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency at Baystate Medical Center.
Location: CHP Berkshire Pediatrics Center
Courtney Preston, PNP
Courtney Preston is a pediatric nurse practitioner at CHP Berkshire Pediatrics. She earned her master's degree in nursing from Regis College and received her bachelor of nursing degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She earned her associate degree in nursing from Springfield Technical Community College. Ms. Preston has worked as a registered nurse at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, MA, and as a registered nurse in the labor and delivery department of Mercy Hospital in Springfield. She has completed the neonatal resuscitation program of the American Academy of Pediatrics and has also worked as a volunteer in the neonatal intensive care unit at Baystate Medical Center.
Location: CHP Berkshire Pediatrics Center
Gary Shalan, MD, FAAP
Dr. Shalan has been providing comprehensive care to children in Berkshire County for more than two decades. He received his B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and earned his medical degree at the University of Chicago. He completed his internship and residency at the Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University general pediatrics program. He is a longstanding fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Location: CHP Berkshire Pediatrics Center
Jacqueline Jones, MD, FAAP
Dr. Jones, who has been practicing pediatric medicine since 2003, graduated from Williams College and Albany Medical College. She completed her pediatric residency at Albany Medical Center.
Location: CHP Berkshire Pediatrics Center
Jill Jolin, DNP, FNP
Jill Jolin, DNP, FNP is a family nurse practitioner at CHP Berkshire Pediatrics. She has been practicing as a pediatric nurse practitioner in the Berkshires since 2017. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, she holds a doctor of nursing practice-family nurse practitioner degree. She earned her bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Phoenix, and she received her associate degree in nursing from Berkshire Community College. As a registered nurse she worked at Berkshire Medical Center, where she specialized in diabetes education. She also worked as an oncology nurse and in other roles at BMC. She has additional experience in long-term care, and private home care settings.
Location: CHP Berkshire Pediatrics Center
Keturah Baker, MD
Keturah Baker, M.D., practices pediatric medicine at Berkshire Pediatrics in Pittsfield. She is a 2017 graduate of St. George's University School of Medicine, and earned her undergraduate degree in molecular biology from the University of California at Berkeley. She completed her pediatric residency at Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin, where she earned distinction as Resident of the Year. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, and resides in the Berkshires.
Location: CHP Berkshire Pediatrics Center
Kimberly Loring, PMHNP-BC
Kimberly Loring is a psychiatric nurse practitioner at CHP Berkshire Pediatrics in Pittsfield. She earned her master’s degree in psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner from Northeastern University in Boston, and she holds another master’s degree in education from Cambridge College in Boston; she earned her bachelor of science in nursing at Northeastern. At CHP Loring works with pediatric primary care clinicians and behavioral health team members caring for children in need of mental health support.
Location: CHP Berkshire Pediatrics Center
Laura Need, MD
A graduate of Harvard Medical School and Wellesley College, Dr. Need completed her pediatric medicine internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, and she completed a clinical fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Boston Children’s Hospital. Her practice at Berkshire Pediatrics focuses on general pediatric medicine, and she has a special interest in newborn medicine and pediatric cardiology. Most recently, she practiced in the Boston area, and has been on staff at Mount Auburn Hospital. She has also held hospital appointments at Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital in Boston. She has also worked at Emerson Hospital in Concord, MIT Medical Services and St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston.
Location: CHP Berkshire Pediatrics Center
Rilka Stefanov MSW, LICSW
Rilka Stefanov, MSW, LICSW, provides behavioral health care to CHP pediatric patients remotely and in-person. She earned her master's in social work from the University of New Hampshire and completed her bachelor’s degree in sociology at Salem State University. She most recently worked at Beth Israel Lahey Health-Anna Jacques Hospital Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient unit, and she has previously worked in hospital, residential, outpatient mental health care, and substance abuse recovery center settings. She is also experienced with Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and other cognitive behavioral therapy interventions as well as trauma care interventions, end-of-life care and in-home family therapy. In New Hampshire, she has worked as a Disaster Behavioral Health Response Team Member and as a group facilitator at Krempels Foundation for Brain Injury Survivors.
Location: CHP Berkshire Pediatrics Center
Susan Ray-Lamond, MD
Dr. Susan Ray-Lamond is a pediatrician with CHP Berkshire Pediatrics. A graduate of Southern Illinois University, she completed her residency at the University of Virginia. She worked in pediatric practices in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts from 1998 to 2021, and previously in Wilmington, N.C. She owned and operated her own practice, Hampshire Pediatrics, in Easthampton from 2003-2021. Dr. Ray-Lamond works with pediatric patients of all ages, and enjoys collaborating with other specialists, including behavioral health practitioners, to provide the most comprehensive care to her patients.
Location: CHP Berkshire Pediatrics Center