The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Motus GI Holdings Pure-Vu System a patent.  By Eric Oliver - 3/18/19

  Smruti R. Mohanty, MD, is the gastroenterology and hepatobiliary diseases chief at New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.  By Rachel Popa - 3/18/19

CRH Medical posted revenues of $32 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, growing their full year revenues to $112.7 million.  By Eric Oliver - 3/15/19

Arvest Bank granted Little Rock, Ark.-based Premier Gastroenterology Associates a $26 million construction loan for its Premier Medical Plaza, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports.  By Eric Oliver - 3/15/19

American Gastroenterological Association President David Lieberman, MD, advocated on Capitol Hill for the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act, which addresses screening colonoscopy coinsurance for Medicare patients.  By Rachel Popa - 3/15/19

Here are seven gastroenterologists featured in the news this past week:  By Rachel Popa - 3/15/19

Carol Burke, MD, is the director of the center for colon polyp and cancer prevention at Cleveland Clinic.  By Rachel Popa - 3/15/19

The five most read gastroenterology stories on Becker's ASC Review for the week of March 7-13:  By Rachel Popa - 3/15/19

American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy experts went to Washington, D.C., March 12 to speak about colorectal cancer screening and barriers.  By Eric Oliver - 3/14/19

Here are four updates on gastroenterology and industry-relevant companies to note from this week:  By Rachel Popa - 3/13/19

David C. Whitcomb, MD, PhD, is the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Precision Medicine Service director.  By Rachel Popa - 3/13/19

Colorectal cancer is "preventable, treatable and beatable," according to the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, which released new colorectal cancer screening resources for National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.  By Rachel Popa - 3/12/19

Medscape reviewed current colorectal cancer screening tests options as well as research surrounding them to quantify which is the most effective.  By Eric Oliver - 3/12/19

Cleveland Clinic gastroenterologist Michelle Inkster, MD, PhD, was recognized by Continental Who's Who as a pinnacle lifetime member.  By Eric Oliver - 3/12/19

Conway (Ark.) Regional Gastroenterology Center added Owen Maat, MD, the Log Cabin Democrat reports.  By Eric Oliver - 3/12/19

High gastroenterology private equity activity will continue in 2019, according to Kerri Zelensek, McGuireWoods associate, and Tom Zahn, partner at McGuireWoods. Mr. Zahn and Ms. Zelensek attended the 6th Annual Healthcare and Life Sciences Private Equity and Finance Conference, February 20 and 21 in Chicago, and outlined the key takeaways on JDSupra.  By Rachel Popa - 3/11/19

Nadim G. Haddad, MD, is the physician executive director and regional chief of the gastroenterology department at Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.  By Rachel Popa - 3/11/19

Rohan Jeyarajah, MD, was appointed as Fort Worth, Texas-based TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine's first academic chair of surgery.  By Eric Oliver - 3/11/19

Four GI physicians were featured in the news this past week:  By Rachel Popa - 3/8/19

Rajesh N. Keswani, MD, is Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine Digestive Health Center's medical director of quality.  By Rachel Popa - 3/8/19