GI & Endoscopy

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).

Gastroenterologist Vivek Huilgol, MD, has joined the gastroenterology department of Louisiana's Ochsner Health System, according to a Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge report.

The results of a new study show there are benefits for patients who drink coffee, rather than water, after undergoing bowel surgery to remove a part of their colon, according to a news release.

PENTAX Medical has announced it will launch a new endoscopic imaging platform later this month, according to a news release.

The results of a new study show the rate of colon cancer death in the United States for people with low socioeconomic status increased between 1980 and 2008 while it decreased during the same period for people with high socioeconomic…

A new colorectal cancer clinic has opened in University of Michigan Health System's cancer center, according to a news release.

Gastroenterologist Sudipta Misra, MD, has joined the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., according to a Daily Reflector report.

Gastroenterologist Timothy Orphanides, MD, has joined the medical staff of West Virginia University Hospitals-East in Martinsburg, according to a West Virginia Executive report.