Baystate Health System is one of New England's largest health care systems and is recognized at a national level. Baystate Medical Center, a 650-bed flagship facility that is the region's only tertiary-care referral center, is accredtied as "one of the highest-rated hospitals in the country" by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. We are located in western massachusetts, at the foothills of the Berkshires nad in close proximity to Boston and New York. As part of the "five college" area, you and your family will live near some of the nations most respected academic insitutions and enjoy a wide variety of leisure and cultural activities.