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Dr. Mark Sterling Joins Gastroenterology Professional Services of BMC

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Health Systems announced the appointment of Dr. Mark Sterling, a board-certified and fellowship-trained gastroenterologist, to the medical staff of Berkshire Medical Center and the provider staff of Gastroenterology Professional Services of BMC. Sterling is accepting new patients in need of endoscopic and gastroenterology care and is partnered with Drs. Jason Bratcher, Ketisha De Roche, and Jeffrey St. John at Gastroenterology Professional Services of BMC.

Sterling’s clinical interests include diseases of the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, pancreas, and liver; esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy; endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; endoscopic ultrasound; endoscopic dilation; and small bowel endoscopy.

He came to the Berkshires after serving at Tufts Medical Center for six years, and previously served as director of Endoscopic Ultrasound at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, and as chief of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and director of Gastroenterology Service at UMDNJ-University Hospital in Newark, N.J.

He is board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology and fellowship-trained in gastroenterology at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center/Faulkner Hospital in Boston, and in advanced endoscopy/gastroenterology at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. He received his medical degree from New York Medical College and completed his residency in internal medicine at UMass Medical Center in Worcester.

For an appointment with Sterling, ask your primary-care physician for a referral, or for more information, call Gastroenterology Professional Services of BMC at (413) 499-8590.