GI & Endoscopy

Gastrointestinal surgeon Timothy Wang, MD, has been appointed as the inaugural member of a new medical advisory board for Mainz Biomed.

The current average base salary for gastroenterologists has decreased 1.2 percent since 2016, according to Merritt Hawkins' 2022 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."

Gastroenterologists are the most in-demand physician specialty, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare's 2022 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."

Beginning a career in gastroenterology is one thing, staying in the field for the long haul is another.

Gastroenterology-focused ASC management service organization PE GI Solutions and Mountainside, N.J.-based Garden State Endoscopy, a 14-physician practice, have formed a joint venture with Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas in West Orange, N.J.

Sales of wireless surgical cameras are expected to grow 7.4 percent over the next 10 years, with the market value reaching $153.3 million globally by 2032, according to an analysis from Future Market Insights, a market intelligence company. 

Medtronic added 83 GI Genius endoscopy modules to its Health Equity Assistance Program's existing 50, expanding access to colon cancer screenings to 62 facilities in the nation's medically underserved communities on July 15.

Here are five clinical gastroenterology statistics Becker's has reported on in 2022:

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has the highest procedure volume of any bariatric surgery with 23,800 total procedures, according to data analytics company Definitive Healthcare.

A meta-analysis found that using Cellvizio — a multidisciplinary probe and needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy system — in tandem with the standard of care to guide biopsies improves diagnosis for dysplasia and cancer and reduces sampling error, according to research…