GI & Endoscopy

Rupa Mukherjee, MD, has joined the division of gastroenterology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, according to a news release.

Gastroenterologists Bryan DiBuono, MD, and L. Phillips Jenkins, MD, have joined the medical staff of St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington, La., according to a news release.

Interventional gastroenterologist Sohail N. Shaikh, MD, is the first physician in New Jersey to remove an eroded lap band using endoscopic technology, according to a news release.

The Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center have announced Gastroenterologist Hemant Roy, MD, has been named chief of gastroenterology, according to a news release.

Kootenai Health, based out of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has announced it has acquired North Idaho Gastroenterology in Coeur d'Alene, according to a news release.

Ohio's TriHealth has announced it has acquired Gastroenterology Consultants of Cincinnati, according to a news release.

Gastroenterologist Wendy Z. Davis, MD, has joined Cornerstone Health Care in High Point, N.C., according to a news release (pdf).

Gastroenterologist Tom Sherman, MD, has won one of the two open seats in New Hampshire's Rockingham County state representative District 24 race, according to a Seacoast Online report.

ASC management and development company AmSurg Corp. will build a gastroenterology center in London, according to a Nashville Post report.

The results of a new study reveal a majority of patients on liver transplant waitlists who die received offers of donated livers that were declined prior to death, according to a news release.