GI & Endoscopy

The Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon, Pa., has undergone significant changes this year, according to a Central Penn Business Journal report.

Alex Kim, DO, has joined North Valley Gastroenterology Medical Group in Yuba City, Calif., according to an Appeal-Democrat report.

Internist Matthew Weed, MD, has joined the gastroenterology department of Bend (Ore.) Memorial Clinic, according to a news release.

Robert O. Heuckeroth, MD, PhD, has been named the Alumni Endowed Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, according to a news release.

Gastroenterologist Jill P. Smith, MD, has been appointed the senior scientific advisor for translational and clinical research studies in digestive diseases for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, according to American Gastroenterological Association news item.

The American Gastroenterological Association has analyzed Medicare's 2013 physician fee schedule and determined pathology was hit with a large reduction, a concern to practices that own pathology labs, according to an AGA news item.

Gastroenterologist Ranjan Mascarenhas, MD, has been appointed assistant professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology in the department of medicine at Oregon Health & Science University, according to a St. John's Medical College community website reportz.

Stanly Gastroenterology and Digestive Health Center has relocated its office to a larger location in Albemarle, N.C., according to a Stanly News and Press report.

Gastroenterologist Kevin Halsey, MD, has joined the gastroenterology department of the Ferrell-Duncan Clinic in Springfield, Mo., according to a news release.

Rupa Mukherjee, MD, has joined the division of gastroenterology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, according to a news release.