GI & Endoscopy

Gastroenterologist Carlos J. Cardenas, MD, has been named interim CEO of Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg, Texas, according to a Monitor report.

Gastroenterologist Brian Carlson, MD, has joined Sonora (Calif.) Regional Medical Center, according to a Calaveras Enterprise report.

EndoChoice has merged with endoscopy firm Peer Medical, according to a Globes report.

Gastroenterologist Harjot Sidhu, MD, has joined Dignity Health Medical Group Stockton (Calif.), according to a Central Valley Business Journal report.

Pediatric gastroenterologist Adam Mezoff, MD, has been named vice president and chief medical officer at The Children's Medical Center of Dayton (Ohio), according to a news release.

Pediatric gastroenterologist Sandra Kim, MD, has been named medical director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, according to a news release.

Gastroenterologist Cory Vergilio, MD, has been elected vice president of the medical staff of Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, N.J., according to a news release.

Gastroenterologist Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD, has been appointed president-elect of the North American Society for Pediatrics Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, according to a news release.

Gastroenterologist Josh Zara, MD, has joined the medical staff of Affinity Clinic in Tifton, Ga., according to a clinic announcement.

Gastroenterologist Louis A. Chaptini, MD, has joined Yale Medical Group in New Haven, Conn., according to a clinical practice report.