Lawrence R. Kosinski, MD, MBA, and Joel V. Brill, MD, American Gastroenterological Association leaders, met with congressional leaders on Capitol Hill on April 13.
Barry K. Wershil, MD, division head of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at Anne & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and his colleagues are researching ways to develop a non-invasive test to diagnose and monitor eosinophilic esophagitis.
Peter W. Marcello, MD, is currently offering a course in laparoscopic skills for colorectal disease.
Douglas Pleskow, MD, of Boston Endoscopy Center in Wellesley Hills, Mass., co-authored a book called “Barrett’s Esophagus: Emerging Evidence for Improved Clinical Practice.”
Boston Medical Center named Jason F. Hall, MD, chief of colon and rectal surgery and co-director of its Dempsey Center for Digestive Disorders.
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