GI & Endoscopy

Gastroenterologist Johan C. Bakken, MD, has joined Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic in Minnesota, according to a Duluth News Tribune report.

Gastroenterologist David A. Johnson, MD, is the American College of Gastroenterology's 2012 recipient of the Berk/Fise Clinical Achievement Award, according to a news release.

Gastroenterologist S. R. Boya, MD, has been elected vice chief of the medical staff for Palo Pinto General Hospital in Mineral Wells, Texas, according to a Mineral Wells Index report.

At the 19th annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 26, Jordan Fowler, CEO of Frontier Healthcare, and Peter Kim, MD, president and physician owner of the Manhattan Endoscopy Center, discussed key business and clinical issues for growing…

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 25, Stephen Blake, CEO of Park Central ENT and Surgery Center, discussed incorporating otolaryngology in ASCs.

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 26, Barry Tanner, CEO, and John Poisson, executive vice president of Physicians Endoscopy presented on keys to a highly successful endoscopy program.

Three members of the American Gastroenterological Association have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, according to a news release.

Phoebe Digestive Health Center in Albany, Ga., has opened, according to an Albany Herald report.

Gastroenterologist Anil Rustgi, MD, has been named the recipient of the 2012 Arthur K. Asbury Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, according to a news release.

Gastroenterologist Veronica M. TenCate, DO, has joined the staff of Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, according to a news release.