GI & Endoscopy

EndoChoice was awarded the 2011 Deal of the Year award in the "fast growing companies" category by Georgia Bio, according to a news release.

The gastrointestinal endoscopic device market will be fueled by an increase in colon cancer screening and anti-reflux procedures and is expected to hit $2.7 billion in sales by 2018, according to a news report by iData Research.

The Jennie Stuart Ambulatory Surgery Campus in Hopkinsville, Ky., part of Jennie Stuart Medical Center, has celebrated its fifth anniversary by offering treatment for Barrett's esophagus, according to a news release from the medical center.

Richmond University Medical Center has opened its $7 million, 14,000-square-foot Ambulatory Care Center and Endoscopy Suite in West Brighton, N.Y., according to a Staten Island Live report.

Guthrie Health has opened its new $1.8 million Endocrine and Bariatric Center in Sayre, Penn., according to a Daily Review report.

Ian S. Soriano, MD, has joined Einstein Healthcare Network and will be seeing patients at Montgomery Hospital Medical Center in Norristown, Penn., according to a PhillyBurbs.com report.

Robert Antonelle, MD, has joined White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital and White Plains Hospital Physician Associates, according to a Westchester.com report.

The bariatric surgery department at Lafayette General Medical Center has been designated as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and the Surgical Review Corporation, according to a news release.

Researchers at Imperial College London found that only 41 percent of patients achieve diabetes remission following bariatric surgery when more stringent criteria are used, according to findings published in the British Journal of Surgery.

Dan Luba, MD, is part of the nine-physician Monterey (Calif.) Bay GI Consultants Medical Group. The group operates the four-room Monterey Bay Endoscopy Center. When the group became frustrated with the increasing cost of polyp traps and bite blocks, two items…