Here are 15 statistics on gastroenterologist compensation, based on data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey.
GI & Endoscopy
Patrick Pfau, MD, gastroenterologist at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, discusses how kinematics, the study of how things move, can be used in routine colonoscopy to assess which parameters improve quality, according to an article published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will withdraw the requirement that physicians must sign all laboratory requisition forms, according to a news release from the American Association of Bioanalysts.
Surgeons at UC San Diego Health System used an existing incision from a previous colon surgery, through which they passed instruments used in natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery into the abdomen, to treat metastatic liver cancer, according to a UC…
Researchers suggest that patients taking isotretinoin are at much higher risk of inflammatory bowel disease, according to a study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
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Researchers found balanced propofol sedation, consisting of propofol in combination with midazolam and meperidine, resulted in improved provider and patient satisfaction over conventional sedation while displaying similar adverse events after GI therapeutic procedures, according to a study published in Gastrointestinal…
Four specialty societies have released a joint statement regard the American Board of Surgeons' recently established guideline on surgery resident training in endoscopy.
The rates of cancer and cancer-related deaths in Wisconsin have declined between 1997 and 2007, with the greatest decline occurring among colorectal cancer patients, according to a Journal Sentinel news report.
Researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have conducted a study that suggests lack of sleep can amount to a higher risk of colorectal adenomas or polyps, which can later lead to…
Kamalesh Patel, MD, a gastroenterologist from Bland, Va., will be opening a new medical practice in Bland by March, according to a SWVA Today news report.