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

Somerset, Ky.-based Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital acquired Cumberland Gastroenterology in Somerset, the Commonwealth Journal reports.  By Eric Oliver - 3/8/19

New York City-based NYU Langone Hospital added Sam Serouya, MD, to its Brooklyn location, Brooklyn Paper reports.  By Eric Oliver - 3/8/19

Boston-based Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center opened the Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center in response to elevated CRC rates in young adults.  By Eric Oliver - 3/8/19

Here are the five most-read gastroenterology articles on Becker's ASC Review for the week of Feb. 28 through March 6.  By Rachel Popa - 3/7/19

Theodore A DeCosta, MD, recently opened The Gastro Center in West Orange, N.J.  By Eric Oliver - 3/7/19

Zachary, La.-based Lane Gastroenterology is providing its patients free colorectal cancer diagnostic tests in recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, The Advocate reports.  By Eric Oliver - 3/7/19

A Boston-based firm is developing an artificial intelligence algorithm that can detect missed cases of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News reports.  By Eric Oliver - 3/7/19

Here are four updates on gastroenterology and industry-relevant companies to note from the past week:  By Rachel Popa - 3/6/19

Valeria Cohran, MD, is the intestinal rehabilitation and transplantation director at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.  By Rachel Popa - 3/6/19

Despite guidelines to begin colorectal cancer screening at 45, newly released data said Americans put off their initial screening until 58.  By Eric Oliver - 3/6/19