Children's of Alabama Hospital has opened a pediatric colorectal clinic on its Children's Russell Campus in Birmingham, the first clinic of its kind in the state, according to an AL report.
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Salix Pharmaceuticals has committed $1.125 million and five years to the American Gastroenterological Association Research Foundation endowment.
Howard Hamat, MD, board certified gastroenterologist and internist, has been named the chief of staff at Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital in Houston, according to an Ultimate Lake Houston report.
Prepopik, a low-volume bowel preparation for colonoscopies, received FDA approval last year and in the latest study of its use 58.4 percent of patients found the solution "very easy" to take, while 29 percent of patients found it "easy," according…
Philip S. Schoenfield, MD, MSEd, MSc, professor and director of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Gastrointestinal and Epidemiology Training Program, discussed the CMS requirements for reaching quality benchmarks at an American College of Gastroenterology symposium, according to a Gastroenterology &…
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The Food and Drug Administration granted 6 GI-related 510(k) clearances in February.
Roger El-Hachem, MD, board-certified in internal medicine and trained in gastrointestinal endoscopy, has joined Bridgton Internal Medicine in Maine, according to a report by The Portland Daily Sun.
Albert Ryckman, MD, board certified gastroenterologist, will be closing his Albany, Ore., practice of 26 years, according to an Albany Democrat-Herald report.
UCLA Health System has opened an 18,000-square-foot, two-story specialty services practice with gastroenterological services in Thousand Oaks, Calif., according to a Ventura Country Star report.
The invendo medical C20 colonoscopy system accompanied by SC20 single-use colonoscope has been introduced to the US market with installations at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and NYU Langone Medical Center.