Gurpreet Singh, MD, has joined Sacramento, Calif.-based Woodland Healthcare as its new gastroenterologist, according to a report in The Davis Enterprise.
GI & Endoscopy
This article is sponsored by EndoChoice.Blair Lewis, MD, a gastroenterologist at Carnegie Hill Endoscopy Center in New York City, discusses how gastroenterologists and GI-driven centers can use quality metrics to improve their practice.
Cape Regional Medical Center's Same Day Surgery Care Center in Cape May, N.J., added two board-certified gastroenterologists to its staff, Anthony Masciarelli, DO, and Renjy Vattasseril, MD.
PENTAX Medical has launched its MagniView rage optical zoom technology for gastroenterology applications, according to a News Medical report.
In 2012, gastroenterologists ranked as the fourth-highest paid physician specialty, behind orthopedists, cardiologists and radiologists, with a mean annual income of $342,000, according to the Medscape Gastroenterologist Compensation Report 2013.
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Johnson & Johnson's Sedasys anesthesia sedation device could reduce the cost of colonoscopies, but it also poses the threat of replacing anesthesiologists, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
A recent study in JAMA Psychiatry found no definitive link between celiac disease and autism, according to a Health Day report.
Lasers now have the ability to detect intestinal problem areas, which could reduce the need for tissue removal for biopsies, according to a Guardian Media report.
In the Gastroenterologist Compensation Report: 2013, Medscape asked respondents whether they would consider not taking Medicare patients. Medicare traditionally reimburses lower than private payers for the same procedures.
Janssen Biologics' SIMPONI drug for treating active ulcerative colitis in adult patients has been approved by the European Commission.