New Haven, Conn. based Achillion Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company currently focused on developing treatment for hepatitis C, has appointed David Apelian, MD, as its chief medical officer.
GI & Endoscopy
Olympus Medical Systems Group, Center Valley, Pa.-based healthcare technology company, has announced that its ultrasound endoscopes will now be powered by the next-generation ultrasound processor, ProSound F75.
Vision-Sciences, Orangeburg, N.Y.-based endoscopic products company, has announced that effective immediately Howard Zauberman will serve as the company's interim chief executive officer, according to a Westfair Online report.
Takeda Pharmaceuticals has given the American Gastroenterological Association Research Foundation endowment an unrestricted $1.5 million research grant.
La Peer Health Systems, Beverly Hills, Calif., outpatient surgery center, has announced that it will be joined by Allen Kamrava, MD, board-certified colorectal surgeon, as an investor and practicing physician.
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Roger Klein, MD, FACP, board-certified gastroenterologist, has joined Summit Medical Group, a New Jersey-based multispecialty private practice group.
At the West Penn Allegheny Health System Institute for the Treatment of Esophageal and Thoracic Disease, a team of physicians performed a per-oral endoscopic myotomy procedure, a minimally invasive treatment for achalasia.
St. Margaret's Hospital in Spring Valley, Ill., is moving forward with an expansion of its surgical and ambulatory departments, which will include two endoscopy rooms and the addition of the Barrx Medical HALO systems, according to a report by The…
At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 10, Michael J. Goldberg, MD, MBA, of NorthShore University HealthSystem, explored endoscopy suite activity-based costing as an integral means of quality improvement. Dr. Goldberg began by addressing the growing…
At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 10, John Poisson, executive vice president and strategic partnerships officer of Physicians Endoscopy, and Adam Henick, senior vice president of ambulatory care at Continuum Health Partners, discussed the strategic…