North Adams Family Medical & Dental
Dawn Kohanski, FNP
Dawn Kohanski is a family nurse practitioner at CHP North Adams Family Medicine, caring for children and adults of all ages. She completed her family nurse practitioner education at the State University of New York Institute of Technology and earned her master of science in nursing and health care administration from the University of Phoenix. She earned her bachelor of science in nursing also at SUNY Institute of Technology. Most recently, she was a hospitalist practitioner at Berkshire Medical Center, where she coordinated adult acute care in the hospital setting. She also worked as a family nurse practitioner with Columbia Memorial Health in Cairo, N.Y. During the early months of Covid-19 in 2020, Kohanski also worked as a temporary ICU nurse practitioner at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. She is certified in basic life support, advanced cardiac life support, pediatric advanced life support, trauma nursing, pediatric emergency nursing, stroke care, infection control, and other areas of care. Kohanski is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She resides in Williamstown.
Location: North Adams Medical & Dental
Dr. Dolores Porter
Dr. Dolores Porter has joined the dental team at CHP North Adams Family Dental, where she cares for patients of all ages. Previously she practiced dentistry at the Community Health Center in Franklin County in Greenfield. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Buenos Aires. Dr. Porter is fluent in Spanish and is committed to providing quality and compassionate care for all her patients.
Location: North Adams Medical & Dental
Elizabeth Varley, FNP
Location: North Adams Medical & Dental
John Brazill, D.M.D.
Dr. John W. Brazill is CHP's dental director and he also practices general dentistry at CHP North Adams Dental. He is a graduate of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and he earned his bachelor’s degree in biology at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. He completed his general practice dental residency at Berkshire Medical Center. In addition to general dentistry, Brazill has expertise in restorative dentistry, fixed and removable prosthetics and implant prosthetics. As a volunteer, he has worked with the Flying Samaritans, providing dentistry care in Mexico. A dentist for more than 30 years, mostly in the Berkshire area he owned and managed his own practice in Pittsfield for 18 years. More recently he has worked at practices in Pittsfield, Vermont and Williamstown.
Location: North Adams Medical & Dental
Judy Ferber, LICSW
Judy Ferber, LICSW, provides behavioral health care at CHP North Adams Family Medicine, where she provides behavioral health counseling for people of all ages. Ms. Ferber earned her master’s degree in social work at the Smith College School for Social Work in Northampton, MA, a master’s degree in special education at Bank Street College of Education in New York, and a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. She has more than 25 years of experience working in the behavioral health field and has worked in educational, community-based, and residential settings. Prior to joining the staff at CHP, Ms. Ferber worked in several schools in Western Massachusetts, including Sanderson Academy, Williams Middle School and other schools in Hampden and Hampshire counties. .
Location: North Adams Medical & Dental
Michelle Bedard, DNP
Michelle M. Bedard, DNP, is a nurse practitioner at CHP North Adams Family Medical where she cares for patients ages 13 years old and older. A doctor of nursing graduate of Elms College, she earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Southern New Hampshire University. She received her associate degree in nursing from Berkshire Community College (BCC), where she earlier received training as a licensed practical nurse. At BCC, she earned a Clinical Excellence Award in 2014. Ms. Bedard completed her advanced practice nursing rotations at Berkshire Medical Center (BMC) in the ICU and as a hospitalist. As a registered nurse, she worked for eight years in the BMC emergency department, and previously she worked as a licensed practical nurse and as a certified medical assistant. She is a resident of Adams, where she resides with her two sons.
Location: North Adams Medical & Dental
Yaman Kana, DDS
Dr. Kana, is a practicing dentist and associate dental director of CHP, overseeing dental practices in North Adams, Pittsfield and Great Barrington. He received his doctorate of dental surgery at Ovidius University of Constanta in Romania. He first practiced general dentistry in a private practice in Damascus, Syria and also in the Syrian military. On settling in Boston, he worked in both a private practice and at Boston University’s Dental Health Center. He later worked at the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, DotHouse Health Center in Dorchester, HealthFirst Family Care Center in Fall River and, most recently, Community Health Center of Franklin County. He is fluent in Arabic, Romanian and French.
Locations: North Adams Medical & Dental, Pittsfield Neighborhood Dental