Who We Are
About Us
Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires – locally known as VIM – is a health care center with a big heart.
The services we provide include comprehensive medical, restorative dental, behavioral health, optometry, nutrition and exercise counseling, integrative pain management and round trip transportation.
What makes VIM’s approach to care unique?
–Patient-centered philosophy
–Multicultural, multilingual staff
–A broad definition of healthcare that integrates the key factors that enable good health such as housing, food insecurity, employment and education
–Strong care coordination and consistent follow up
–Collaboration with other area healthcare providers and social service organizations
VIM is grateful to the many individuals, foundations, and businesses that invest in their neighbors by providing 100% of our operating funds, over $1 Million.
We envision a society in which all members of our community have an equal opportunity to achieve good health.
What our volunteers say
The atmosphere in the clinic radiates hope and compassion. The patients sense this, that their needs are being addressed.
Staff
Ilana Steinhauer, FNP
Executive Director
Gail Belmuth
Director of advancement
Shirley Castillo
Dental Assistant
Shari Cavalier
Development Assistant
Robert Davenport, MD
Medical Director
Natalia DeRuzzio
Patient Services Manager
Pat Levine
Grants Coordinator
Michele McAuley
director of finance and operations
Michael B. Mullany, DMD
Dental Director
Robert Olsen
Operations Manager
Gladis Rave
senior Medical Assistant
Mauricio Romero
front desk manager
Whitney Smith, RDH, MSDH
Dental Practice Manager
Marcela Urrea
Patient Services Assistant and Receptionist
Katie Waiveris, RN
Clinical Care Coordinator
Board of Trustees
Denyse Adler
Steven T. Bernstein
Michael Citrin, JD
Robert C. Davenport, MD
Gray Ellrodt, MD
Kristine Hazzard
Patricia Hubbard
Peter F. Levin
Alice Cooper Lustig
Matthew B. Mandel, MD
Robert L.W. McGraw
Arthur M. Peisner
Ian Rasch
W. Scott Rogers
Thomas J. Sakshaug, DDS
Susan Shoval
Board Members Emeritus
Jeffrey Blake, MD, FACC
The Rev. Elizabeth Goodman
Nancy Fernandez Mills
Steven Picheny
Ellen B. Rowntree, MD
Jane L. Salamon
Jessie Schoonmaker
Paul Smilow, MD
Business Sponsors: 2021 Summer Activities
Alander Construction
Annie Selke Companies
Berkshire Property Agents
Black Rock Foundation
Donald C. McGraw Foundation
Buzz and Robin McGraw
Herrington’s
Lee Bank
NBT Bank
Warrior Trading
Webster Landscapes
Organizational Supporters
Our donors make it possible for VIM to provide life-changing services.
Annie Selke Companies
Berkshire Regional Planning Commission
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Berkshire United Way
Black Rock Foundation & The Donald C. McGraw Foundation
Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
CVS Health Foundation
Direct Relief
Echo Street Foundation
Fallon Community Health Plan
Feigenbaum Foundation
The Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust
Great Barrington Community Impact Funding Program
The Green Foundation
Highmark Health
The Janey Fund Charitable Trust
Lee Bank
Massachusetts Dental Society Foundation
Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation
Patterson Dental Foundation
Perpetual Trust for Charitable Giving
Relief Fund for Immigrant Families
Warrior Trading
Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts
Berkshire Community College
Berkshire District Dental Society
Berkshire District Medical Society
Berkshire Welco
CMC Berkshires LLC
Carlson Propane
Casablanca
Charles H. Hall Foundation
Connecticut State Dental Foundation
Ed Herrington, Inc.
First Congregational Church of Stockbridge
Gallery 315 Home
Greylock Federal Credit Union
Health New England
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Massachusetts Health Decisions
Monterey United Church of Christ
Mount Washington Church of Christ
National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation
Pittsfield Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation
Aviva Romm Enterprises
Service League of the First Congregational Church of Stockbridge
SoCo Creamery
Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation
Town of Great Barrington
Trinity Church
Ward’s Nursery and Garden Center