What is Lenox Internal Medicine?
Lenox Internal Medicine is a primary care medical practice located in Lenox, Massachusetts. Our patients come from all over Berkshire County, including Pittsfield, Hinsdale, Dalton, Lenox, Lee, Stockbridge and Great Barrington, as well as Hampshire County and eastern New York.
We provide a full range of adult primary care services: preventive health, including cholesterol and diabetes screening, general physicals, Pap smears, smoking and weight loss counseling, workplace and Department of Transportation exams, chronic disease care, urgent visits, Workman’s Compensation, pre-operative evaluation, hospital and nursing home care.
We take Medicare, Medicaid, HMO’s and most private insurance. We also have discounted rates for cash payment, and offer charity care where possible for low-income patients without health insurance.
About Dr. Schamess
Lenox Internal Medicine is the solo practice of Dr. Andrew Schamess. Dr. Schamess grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts. He attended medical school at the University of Massachusetts, and completed a residency and fellowship in internal medicine at the George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Dr. Schamess is board certified, and has been in practice for ten years - five in Washington and five here in Berkshire County. He is on the attending staff at Berkshire Medical Center and holds an academic appointment as a clinical professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Dr. Schamess started Lenox Internal Medicine in 2006 because he wanted a practice where he could give his patients his full personal attention. When you come to the office, you will always see your own physician – not a covering doctor. Dr. Schamess gets to know each patient as a person. He believes that the doctor-patient relationship is an essential part of good primary medical care.
Dr. Schamess also takes care of his own patients in the hospital. He goes to several nursing homes – Kimball Farms, Providence Care, Mount Greylock and Hillcrest Commons. He even makes home visits on occasion – for example, to elderly and disabled patients who cannot come to the office during winter months.
Dr. Schamess’s wife, Rebecca, manages the office. She is dedicated to making sure that patients are satisfied and that the practice is an asset to the community.
The Computerized Medical Record
Lenox Internal Medicine is among the first practices in Berkshire County to implement a fully computerized medical record. For patients, this means that the doctor has better access to their full medical history. The electronic record helps to ensure that preventive screening tests are performed on time for all patients and abnormal test results are followed up. Drug side effects and interactions are checked automatically. This adds an extra level of quality assurance to the medical care patients receive.
With the computerized record, patients have easy access to their own medical information. The whole record can be printed out, or placed on a computer disc that patients can carry with them. This is especially useful to patients who spend part of the year away from Berkshire County and wish to bring their medical record with them.
In addition, patients can communicate with Dr. Schamess using email, view their test results on a secure, password-protected web site, and schedule their own appointments using the Internet.
Integrated Care and Referrals
As an internist, Dr. Schamess sees patients for a wide range of problems, including headaches, fatigue, allergies, breathing difficulties, digestive problems, and back and muscular pain. He provides ongoing care for patients with conditions like diabetes, heart disease, asthma, emphysema, cancer, arthritis, HIV and many others.
As an experienced Berkshire County practitioner who is on the staff at Berkshire Medical Center, Dr. Schamess is able to coordinate referrals to local medical and surgical specialists. He can also arrange consultation at specialty centers in Springfield, Boston and Albany.
In addition, we keep an extensive referral list of “alternative” and complementary health providers, including chiropractors, physical therapists, massage therapists, herbalists, yoga and meditation centers. We strongly believe that these approaches have an important role in maintaining and restoring health; and we are happy to work closely with alternative practitioners.
Off-hour coverage
Since this is a solo practice, many people ask about off-hour coverage. We are part of a coverage group with Dalton Medical Associates, Suburban Internal Medicine and Dr. Patricia Lehman. We take turns covering for each other on evenings and weekends. The physicians involved are some of the best in Berkshire County. In case of an emergency, patients at Lenox Internal Medicine can reach a physician twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, by calling the main office number.
Our commitment to the community
If you have any other questions about our practice, please feel free to call. The phone number is (413) 442-5670. For complete contact information and hours, please click here. A map and driving directions are here.
Dr. Schamess, his wife Rebecca, and our two children live in Lenox. We are proud to be part of this wonderful community, and we have a long-term commitment to providing excellent medical care to everyone who lives and visits here. We hope that people will enjoy coming to this practice as much as we enjoy running it.
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