U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, introduced his proposed replacement to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering a continuing medical education course on colonoscopy, which was developed by physicians and leaders in the GI field. The physicians involved in developing the course are:
• Lynn Butterly, MD, medical director, New Hampshire Colorectal Cancer Screening Program; Director of Colorectal Cancer Screening at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon, N.H.)
• Diane Dwyer, MD, former medical director, Center for Cancer Prevention and Control, Prevention and Health Promotion Administration, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Baltimore)
• David Lieberman, MD, professor of medicine and chief, division of gastroenterology and hepatology, Oregon Health and Science University (Portland)
• Michael B. Potter, MD, professor, department of family and community medicine, University of California (San Francisco)
• Paul C. Schroy, MD, MPH, professor of medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
• Richard Wender, MD, chief cancer control officer, American Cancer Society (Atlanta) and professor, family and community medicine, Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia).
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