DuBois, Pa.-based Penn Highlands Healthcare has added gastroenterologist Obaid Shaikh, MD, to its medical staff. He is seeing patients at Penn Highlands Gastroenterology, according to an Aug. 23 report by GANT News. Dr. Shaikh specializes in conditions affecting the esophagus,…
Author: Sophie Eydis
With CMS preparing major policy changes, ASC leaders are weighing in on which moves will most affect the sector’s growth in the coming years. Nine executives and physicians recently weighed in with Becker’s about the CMS policy shifts that could…
Deep cuts to the CDC’s budget are poised to undermine the public health infrastructure that gastroenterology heavily relies on — all amid GI clinicians’ struggles with reimbursement declines and growing access challenges. At least 600 CDC employees received permanent termination…
Anniston-based Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center has become the first hospital in Alabama to perform a new gastroenterology biopsy procedure that enables physicians to collect larger, more intact tissue samples for more accurate diagnoses and personalized treatment, according to an…
Livingston, N.J.-based Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health, has opened its sixth cardiac catheterization lab to expand cardiovascular care capacity. The new lab features the Philips Azurion 20 image-guided therapy system, designed to improve precision…
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Hickory, N.C.-based Catawba Valley Health System has added gastroenterologist Gregory Diamonti, MD, to its new practice, Gastroenterology Associates of Catawba Valley, according to an Aug. 22 WHKY report. Dr. Diamonti has 23 years of experience, previously practicing in Boone, N.C.,…
Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare, US Health Partners and Cardiology Physicians are planning a more than $11 million cardiovascular surgery center at ChristianaCare’s Healthcare Center at Christiana campus, according to an Aug. 21 Delaware Business Times report. The facility will include two…
Confocal laser endomicroscopy is gaining attention as a potential alternative to traditional tissue biopsies in gastroenterology, offering real-time, cellular-level imaging during endoscopic procedures. The technology uses a laser that scans the tissue surface, capturing images that resemble pathology slides but…
The corporatization of anesthesiology — driven by private equity activity, hospital acquisitions and national practice roll-ups — is transforming how care is delivered, raising concerns about costs, access and physician autonomy. Here are five key dynamics shaping the trend: 1.…
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastroenterostomy is gaining traction as a less-invasive alternative to surgical bypass and enteral stenting for patients with gastric outlet obstruction. The procedure uses endoscopic ultrasound to identify a loop of small intestine adjacent to the stomach. A lumen-apposing…