Mayo Clinic Gastroenterologist Piet de Groen, MD, developed a video method to assist physicians in evaluating the quality of the colonoscopy screenings performed.
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Gastroenterologist Suresh Chari, MD, received a $500,000 grant from The Sandler-Kenner Foundation, an Irving, Calif.-based organization backing pancreatic cancer research, according to a Dallas/Fort Worth Healthcare Daily report.
US News & World Report announced Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., claimed the top spot as best hospital for gastroenterology and GI surgery, according to a Healio report.
Gastroenterologist Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD, has been named director of The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
New guidelines for the diagnosis and management of achalasia will appear in the August issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology.
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Woodside, Ga.-based Northside Hospital-Cherokee was slated to open its medical office building in early August, but the date has been pushed back to Tuesday, Sept. 10, according to a Woodstock Patch report.
Hallmark Health Medical Associates in Stoneham, Mass., opened the new location for its gastroenterology practice at 51 Montvale Ave., according to Wicked Local.
Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kan., is asking the 244 patients who received colonoscopies after Jan. 3 to get blood tests after being treated with potentially contaminated scopes, according to a report from The Topeka Capital-Journal.
Community Affect announced its list of top 100 influential and aspiring figures in Reno, Nev., and Tahoe, Calif., and Dennis Yamamoto, MD, was named to the area's top 10 "Superheroes" category.
La Peer Health Systems, a Beverly Hills, Calif.-based outpatient surgery center, has recently launched its Barrett's Esophagus Center of Excellence in Los Angeles. The center will focus on the diagnosis and treatment of Barrett's Esophagus, GERD and esophageal cancer.