Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health recently added Scott Itzkowitz, DO, and Dorothy Truax to its Novant Health Gastroenterology practice in Supply, N.C., the Greater Wilmington Business Journal reports.  By Eric Oliver - 11/28/18

CMS released a procedure price lookup tool to provide consumers a view the average payment for common procedures in ASCs and hospital outpatient departments.  By Eric Oliver - 11/28/18

Medline entered into a three-year agreement to distribute Biomerica's colorectal disease screening test, EZ Detect.  By Eric Oliver - 11/28/18

Olympus Corp. issued a statement defending its duodenoscopes after a piece from The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists tied contaminated scopes to more than 190 superbug infections, The Japan Times reports.  By Eric Oliver - 11/28/18

Research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found patients with adenomas don't receive follow-up colonoscopies at recommended times.  By Rachel Popa - 11/27/18

The Canadian Association of Gastroenterology released new national colorectal cancer screening guidelines suggesting at-risk individuals should begin screening between the ages of 40 and 50, or 10 years earlier than when an immediate relative was diagnosed, The Globe And Mail reports.  By Eric Oliver - 11/27/18

Middletown, N.Y.-based Crystal Run Healthcare will now offer pediatric gastroenterology services after adding a new provider, the Times Herald-Record reports.  By Eric Oliver - 11/27/18

In the U.S., about 12,500 clinical gastroenterologists are in private practice, multispecialty groups and hospital-based settings.  By Eric Oliver - 11/27/18

Male sex, active smoking and previous intestinal resection are risk factors for postoperative endoscopic recurrence of Crohn’s disease, according to a study in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.  By Shayna Korol - 11/26/18

Medscape released the Ethics Report 2018: Money, Romance and Patients survey, which asked physicians their thoughts on key ethics issues, including whether it's acceptable for physicians to date their patients, random drug testing and more.  By Rachel Popa - 11/26/18

UC Los Angeles G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience Executive Director Emeran Mayer, MD, will join uBiome's medical advisory board.  By Eric Oliver - 11/26/18

Indianapolis Monthly released its annual Top Doctor list.  By Eric Oliver - 11/26/18

A Manhattan jury found New York City-based NYU Langone Hospital colorectal surgeon Christian Hirsch, MD, guilty of negligence after a patient died from infection, the New York Post reports.  By Eric Oliver - 11/26/18

Juanita Merchant, MD, PhD, is the chief of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at the Tucson-based University of Arizona.  By Rachel Popa - 11/26/18

Fecal microbiota transplantation for IBD will need to be adaptive and individualized moving forward, according to the American Gastroenterological Association.  By Rachel Popa - 11/21/18

Paul Macklin, PhD, an associate professor at the Indianapolis-based Indiana University School of Informatics and member of the Indiana University Cancer Center, received a $3.1 million grant to fund research for new colorectal cancer treatments through computer simulations. About one-third of the award will support activities in Dr. Macklin's lab at Indiana University.  By Rachel Popa - 11/21/18

Lancaster, Pa.-based RGI & MidAtlantic Endoscopy commenced its new surgery center project with a wall-breaking ceremony.  By Angie Stewart - 11/20/18

The American Gastroenterological Association reaffirmed its commitment to transparency in guideline creation.  By Eric Oliver - 11/19/18

El Paso, Texas-based The Hospitals of Providence added Aleksandr Reznichenko, MD, and Ruben Ramirez-Vega, MD, to its staff to lead the city's first liver transplant program, KVIA reports.  By Eric Oliver - 11/19/18

Samiollah Gholam, MD, joined Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth Medical Group's internal medicine team, Whatcom Talk reports.  By Eric Oliver - 11/19/18