GI & Endoscopy

East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., has announced Glenn Harvin, MD, has joined its Brody School of Medicine and its group medical practice, ECU Physicians, according to a news release.

UnitedHealthcare and the American Gastroenterological Association have announced a collaboration that will see UnitedHealthcare incorporate gastroenterologist physician data from the AGA Digestive Health Outcomes Registry into its physician performance measurement programs, according to a news release.

Florida Hospital Flagler in Palm Coast has announced it is the first hospital in Florida to offer Third Eye colonoscopy, according to a news release.

Gastroenterologist Sebastian Abadie, MD, has joined Scotland Health Care System, which is based in Laurinburg, N.C., according to a news release.

More than 27 patients received free colonoscopies at the Stratham Ambulatory Surgical Center on Wednesday, according to a Seacoast Online report.

F.F. Thompson Hospital will add an endoscopy suite to its new surgery center located on the main Thompson Health campus in Canandaigua, N.Y., according to a news release.

The American Gastroenterological Association has identified five treatments physicians and patients should question as part of its involvement in the Choosing Wisely campaign to identify the overuse or misuse of tests or medical procedures, according to a news release and…

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows rectally administered indomethacin significantly reduced the incidence of pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.

Gastroenterologist Sunitha Pudhota, MD, has joined the medical staff at Methodist Mansfield (Texas) Medical Center, according to a Focus Daily News report.

Loyola University Health System, based in Maywood, Ill., has announced Bipan Chand, MD, FACS, FASMBS, FASGE, has been named director of the newly established division of GI/minimally invasive surgery, director of the bariatric surgery program and head of surgical endoscopy…