The Gastroenterology Center of Thousand Oaks (Calif.) has announced the launch of its first website after 30 years in business, according to a news release.
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Moiz Karu, MD, who specializes in gastroenterology and internal medicine, will be moving his New Jersey practice from Middlesex into a new medical building in Dunellen, according to a MyCentralJersey.com report.
Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., has announced pediatric gastroenterologist Laurie Conklin, MD, has been appointed to the faculty of the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, according to a news release.
Flexible scopes traveling outside the ASC do not always receive proper cleaning following a procedure, according to Cyngus Medical Product and Services.
Vincent Jabour, MD, a gastroenterologist at Wooster (Ohio) Ambulatory Surgery Center, recently provided Congressman Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) with a tour of the ASC, according to a Daily Record report.
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University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile has appointed pediatric gastroenterologist David Gremse, MD, professor and chair of pediatrics, according to a news release.
A survey of more than 400 people age 50 and older indicated that three main factors deter those patients from pursuing colorectal cancer screenings.
Shaily Jain, MD, a gastroenterologist practicing out of Digestive Health Specialists in Washington, has written a column on the importance of women receiving colon cancer screenings.
Gastroenterologist Magdalena Averhoff, MD, associate chief medical officer of Jackson South Community Hospital in Miami, has been appointed to the Florida Board of Medicine, according to a South Florida Hospital News report.
A new study by researchers at NewYork – Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center indicates blacks and Hispanics are at significantly higher risk of developing precancerous colorectal polyps compared with whites, according to a news release.