GI & Endoscopy

Given Imaging has announced it has filed an FDA application seeking regulatory clearance to market its PillCam COLON 2 for visualization of the lower gastrointestinal tract, according to a news release.

In an article written for the American Gastroenterological Association's Perspectives Online, William R. Brugge, MD, assesses the value of the use of confocal endoscopic microscopy to aid in the diagnosis of Barrett's esophagus.

Pooja Elias, MD, and Nilesh Lohdia, MD, have joined the digestive disease service line of Medical University of South Carolina, according to a report in The Digest (pdf), a MUSC Health Digestive Disease Center newsletter.

Gastroenterologist Reena V. Chokshi, MD, has joined the medical staff of University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, according to a West Hartford Patch report.

Internist Agnes Libot, MD, has been appointed assistant professor of medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, according to a news release.

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.