Nashville, Tenn.-based One GI has partnered with Oshi Health to expand access to virtual gastrointestinal care through Oshi’s access program. The partnership allows One GI practices to tap Oshi Health’s advanced practice providers as dedicated, full-time virtual staff to extend…
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Researchers at Worcester-based UMass Chan Medical School tested a real-time AI tool to diagnose cholangiocarcinoma in the first in-human trial of its kind. The Smart-AI trial, led by Neil Marya, MD, evaluated the tool during live procedures in 41 patients…
Northwestern Medicine has opened a $15 million Center for Advanced Endoscopy at its Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill., a Chicago suburb, according to an April 30 news release. The 20,000-square-foot center is led by Amrita Sethi, MD, an internationally…
GLP-1’s drugs continue to expand horizons in gastroenterology, bariatrics, diabetes and chronic disease care — but the scale of the drugs’ adoption could be creating new areas of risk management for physicians, according to a report published Risk & Insurance…
Medtech company HistoIndex has expanded its U.S. network with the addition of two hepatology and gastroenterology centers. The company added Houston Research Institute Kingwood and Knowledge Research Center in Orange, Calif., extending access to its AI-driven diagnostic services for liver…
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Nearly 300 ASCs were included on U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list for colonoscopy and endoscopy, with more than 50 being located in the Northeast. The ratings evaluated 17 types of episodes of care grouped into…
New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine researchers identified a mechanism that may help suppress chronic intestinal inflammation, according to an April 24 study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The study examined how the immune system tolerates gut microbes…
New gastroenterology, endoscopy and bariatric facilities have been concentrated in the South so far in 2026. Becker’s has reported on a total of 16 new GI practices in 2026, seven of which were developed in Southern states including Alabama, Georgia,…
Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint has opened a new colorectal surgery clinic in Waukee, Iowa, CBS affiliate KCCI Des Moines reported April 22. Iowa ranks second in the nation for cancer rates, according to the report, underscoring the need for expanded…
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has added four gastroenterology physicians to expand endoscopy services in Bismarck, N.D. Gastroenterology specialists Elida Voth, MD, Makda Bsrat, MD, Steven Park, MD, and Maaz Badshah, MD, joined Sanford Health, according to an April 21…