Gastroenterologist Taft Bhuket, MD, has been elected chief of medical staff for Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland, Calif., according to a news release.
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Gattex (teduglutide), a drug for the treatment of adult short bowel syndrome, has received a recommendation for approval from the FDA's Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee, according to a news release.
Gastroenterologist Andrew T. Pellecchia, MD, has joined the gastroenterology department of Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare in Utica, N.Y., according to a news release.
Gastroenterologist William Lipshutz, MD, will receive the Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Teacher Award from the American College of Physicians, according to a news release.
Pediatric gastroenterologist José M. Cabrera, MD, has joined the staff of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, according to a WauwatosaNOW report.
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Gastroenterologist John Carethers, MD, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine, according to a news release.
Gastroenterologist Paul Butler, MD, has joined Northwest Allied Physicians at Oro Valley (Ariz.) Hospital, according to an Arizona Daily Star report.
The GI Quality Improvement Consortium has announced that real-time procedure related data for more than 100,000 colonoscopy cases have been submitted to its national registry of endoscopic procedures, according to a news release (pdf).
Gastroenterologist Alexander P. Gurrola, MD, has joined INTEGRIS Marshall County Medical Center in Madill, Okla., according to a news release.
The Oregon Clinic, based in Portland, has opened a new gastroenterology office in Vancouver, Wash., according to a news release (pdf).