Mohammad Fahad Ali, MD, director of endoscopy at Oswego (N.Y.) Health, has been appointed chief of gastroenterology and hepatology and director of the Center for Gastroenterology & Metabolic Diseases at Oswego, according to a Nov. 9 report from the Central…
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As gastroenterology management organizations have continued to grow in 2023, Provident has broken down four major acquisitions that occurred in 2023 in its third quarter "Mergers and Acquisitions Update" report.
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Raghav Bassi, MD, chief internal medicine resident at UCF-HCA Healthcare in Gainesville, Fla., has received honors for his research showing that southern U.S. states, which have the nation's highest obesity rates, also have the highest incidences of colon cancer.
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The American Gastroenterological Association has issued new guidance for patients taking the popular diabetes and weight loss medications glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists, known by brand names including Ozempic and Trulicity, prior to endoscopy.
Greenville, S.C.-based Gastroenterology Associates closed the GI lab at its Simpsonville, S.C.-based facility on Nov. 1.
Southern Gastroenterology Associates has opened its second location in South Boston, Va., according to a Nov. 6 report from The Gazette-Virginian.
Medical image enhancement and AI diagnostic software solutions company Claritas HealthTech has established a U.S.-based spinoff, Intelligent Scopes Corp., that will focus on the research, development and delivery of endoscopic image processing and AI-assisted diagnostic solutions for urology and gastroenterology.
On Oct. 23, Iterative Health released research findings that demonstrated the effectiveness of artificial intelligence for use in the treatment and management of inflammatory bowel disease and in improving adenoma detection during colonoscopies.