GI & Endoscopy

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.

FDA has approved Stivarga (regorafenib) to treat patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, according to a news release.

Given Imaging has announced it has acquired the assets related to the SmartPill GI monitoring system for $6 million, according to a news release.

FDA has announced it has expanded the approved use of Humira (adalimumab), manufactured by Abbott Laboratories, to include treatment of moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis in adults, according to a news release.

Minimally invasive and robotic surgeon Jonas Mansson, MD, has joined the medical staff of The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., according to a news release.

Gastroenterologist Matthew S. Miller, MD, is expanding his services to Bourbon County, Ky., according to a news release.

Gastroenterologist Rachna Arora, MD, has joined the department of gastroenterology at Dreyer Medical Clinic in Illinois, according to a Dreyer news report.

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Larry Cohen, MD, and Jordan Fowler, CEO of Frontier Healthcare Management Services, will give a presentation titled "Key Business and Clinical Issues for Endoscopy Centers."

Colorectal Surgeons at Loyola University Health System in Proviso, Ill., say fecal incontinence is a highly underreported and stigmatized condition, according to a news release.