Steven Blake, MD, a gastroenterologist who practices at Mt. Airy Ambulatory Endoscopy Center, has donated $1 million to create a medical scholarship for African-American students at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report.
GI & Endoscopy
A new study published in the European Journal of Cancer reveals the presence of fetal cells in women raises the risk of colon cancer, according to a news release.
A new study, published in GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, reveals unsedated transnasal endoscopy is a safe and feasible method to screen for esophageal disease, according to a news release (pdf).
Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, N.Y., has announced it has more than tripled the size of its GI lab as part of its $70 million Mission 2012 construction project, according to a news release.
Gastroenterologist John Gray, MD, has received the 2012 Community Service Award from the Nevada State Medical Association, according to a news release.
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Olive Medical has introduced their HD rigid endoscope and scope repair business to complement their HD visualization camera.
The Utah Medical Education Council has identified gastroenterology as one of several specialties appearing to be in severe need in a new report analyzing the supply and distribution of physicians in Utah.
Via Surgical, an Israel-based developer of hernia mesh fixation technologies, has announced the appointment of David B. Earle MD, FACS, as a medical advisor, according to a news release.
The American Gastroenterological Association has announced its Institute's Procedural Sedation/Patient Safety Practice Improvement Module has received approval from the American Board of Internal Medicine to be part of ABIM's Approved Quality Improvement Pathway, according to a news release.
Market forces in healthcare, such as managed care programs and hospital competition increase the likelihood patients will undergo laparoscopic surgery to treat colon cancer, according to researchers from George Washington University and Case Western University.