Career Pulse

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Health Systems has announced the appointment of Dr. Victoria Cassano as medical director of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Berkshire Medical Center. She is accepting new patients in need of occupational-medicine services and leads Berkshire Occupational Health at 610 North St. in Pittsfield.

Cassano came to the Berkshires after serving as director of Military Public Health for the Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, in Falls Church, Va. She also previously served as senior medical adviser for the Office of Disability and Medical Assessment, and director of Radiation and Physical Exposures, for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C.; medical director for Concentra Health Services in Springfield; acting head of the Division of Occupational Medicine for SUNY Health Sciences Center in Stony Brook, N.Y.; and director of Occupational Medicine for Hartford Medical Group in Connecticut.

Cassano is a decorated veteran, having attained the rank of captain in the U.S. Navy, serving from 1985 to 2004. She is board-certified in occupational medicine and undersea/clinical hyperbaric medicine. She received her medical degree from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., and completed her residency in occupational medicine at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, where she also received a master’s degree in public health.

For an appointment with Cassano, contact Berkshire Occupational Health at (413) 447-2684.

SPRINGFIELD — Dr. John Schreiber has been appointed president of Baystate Medical Practices and chief physician executive of Baystate Health, joining the health system’s senior leadership team.

Schreiber comes to Baystate from Tufts Medical Center in Boston, where he served as chairman of the Department of Pediatrics. He was also chief administrative officer and pediatrician-in-chief of the Floating Hospital for Children, the 100-bed primary affiliate children’s hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine. There, he was instrumental in forging clinical partnerships as part of the hospital’s collaborative-care delivery model, serving four local community hospitals and patients and families in the Boston area.

Earlier in his career, Schreiber served as chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota and was a faculty member of the Graduate Program in Microbiology. He played a leading role in the opening of the new University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital.

“We are confident that Dr. Schreiber’s numerous achievements in teaching and mentoring the next generation of physicians in varied care settings, his nurturing of physician partnerships, his ability to support a robust clinical research program, and in exceeding quality and safety standards will help us meet our strategic needs, the vision of our organization, and the needs of our community,” said Dr. Mark Keroack, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Baystate Health.

Schreiber received his bachelor’s degree at Haverford College in Pennsylvania and earned his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in Louisiana. He also completed a master’s in public health and tropical medicine at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency and his clinical and research infectious-diseases fellowship at Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Active in research, Schreiber’s research and laboratory work has been devoted to creating better vaccines to prevent devastating diseases in children. He has served on numerous professional committees for the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society, the Infectious Disease Society of America, the Society for Pediatric Research, and the American Assoc. of Immunologists, which awarded him its 2012 Distinguished Service Award. He has also authored more than 70 scholarly publications.