CHP Health Center
29 Lewis Ave. (located on the 4th Floor of Fairview Hospital)
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Tel: 413-528-8580
For Health Center Hours and Contact Information, click here.
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 Medical Staff
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Julie Bielmeier,
Lisa Sylvia,
Dennis Kobylarz,
Susan Johnson
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| Susan Johnson, MD, Physician, Assistant Medical Director |
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Dr. Susan Johnson joined the CHP Health Center in August, 2000, after working as the lead physician at BP&S First Call Urgent Care Clinic in Pittsfield and, previous to that, as an attending staff physician in the Emergency Department of Berkshire Medical Center.
Dr. Johnson earned her medical degree in 1991 from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She completed her internship in 1992 at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut, and she completed her residency in internal medicine at Berkshire Medical Center in June, 1997. Dr. Johnson graduated in 1986 with a Bachelors of Science degree in biology from Saint Joseph College, and she graduated in 1972 from Boston University with a B.A. in philosophy and religion.
Medical ethics, women’s health and domestic violence are first among Dr. Johnson’s professional interests. She is ACLS-, ATLS- and PALS-certified, and ia a member of the American Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Society and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).
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| Lisa Sylvia MD, FAAP, Pediatrician |
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Dr. Lisa Sylvia joined the medical staff at Community Health Programs' CHP Health Center in 2005. While actively building her practice at the Health Center, she also works as an administrator for quality performance projects at Fairview Hospital.
As an individual who is committed to community service, Dr. Sylvia is involved in projects that address community needs such as family literacy and universal access to nutritious foods. She has spoken on the subject of obesity and its effects on children at a regional conference addressing healthy eating and food in public school systems. It is her belief that there is a growing role for pediatricians in advocating for public school environments to become more conducive to children's health and well-being. Extremely concerned about the rising obesity she sees among her young patients, Dr. Sylvia is committed to a preventive, educational and family-centered approach to preventing illness in her community.
Dr. Sylvia earned her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 2000. While in medical school, she volunteered in the physician-supervised Bridge Over Troubled Waters program, where she treated runaway teens around the Boston area. Dr. Sylvia completed her residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, where she was Chief Resident, and her primary continuity clinic at a primary care health center in the borough of Brooklyn that served populations of lower socioeconomic status from diverse cultures. Dr. Sylvia graduated cum laude from Boston University School of Medicine in 1995 with a Bachelor’s Degree in biology. During her college years she participated in the Habitat for Humanity program, an experience which inspired her lifelong commitment to working with families in need.
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| Dennis Kobylarz, MD, Family Practice Physician |
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Dr. Dennis Kobylarz returned to the CHP Health Center in August of 2005 as a Family Practice Physician. Dr. Kobylarz previously worked at the health center from 2000 to 2003, before leaving to devote time to his private family practice in Canaan, CT, which he opened in 1986.
After maintaining his private family practice from 1986 to 1999, Dr. Kobylarz served as a staff physician at East Mountain Medical in Great Barrington until 2000, at which time he first joined the staff at the CHP Health Center.
Dr. Kobylarz is Board Certified in Family Practice. He earned his medical degree from Rutgers University Medical School in 1982, and he completed his residency in June, 1985, at the Somerset Family Practice in Somerville, NJ. He graduated in June of 1978 with a Bachelors of Science degree in biology and biochemistry from Cook College of Rutgers (now the School of Environmental & Biological Sciences (SEBS) at Rutgers) in New Brunswick, NJ. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Medical Directors Association.
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| Julie Bielmeier, APRN, BC, Family Nurse Pracitioner |
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Julie Bielmeier came to Community Health Programs (CHP) in 2005 from Miami Children’s Hospital, where she worked in the cardiac intensive care unit providing nursing care to pre- and post-operative pediatric patients with complex congenital heart disease, and educating patients and families about surgical procedures.
Ms. Bielmeier has worked in both acute and primary health care settings and has worked with a wide range of constituencies in diverse communities. In clinical work at Miami Hope Homeless Shelter, she treated primarily adult patients with a variety of acute and chronic illnesses and disease processes, many of whom also had mental health diagnoses. Patient education was of high priority in the management of these patients. At the Community Health Initiative of Florida, Ms. Bielmeier worked with a certified nurse midwife, providing prenatal and postpartum care as well as counseling and education to women and their families. Her clinical experience also includes working with a nurse practitioner and an MD in the Miami Children’s Hospital Emergency Room.
Ms. Bielmeier earned her Master of Science degree in nursing/family nurse practitioner from the University of Miami in 2005. She is certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
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