U.S. News & World Report released its rankings of the best children's hospitals for pediatric gastroenterology and GI surgery for 2020-21.
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Telemedicine and other technological advancements have changed the way gastroenterologists approach postoperative care.
Mansour Parsi, MD, has been appointed the Hyman Professor of Medicine and the chief of gastroenterology and hepatology in the college of medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, effective July 1.
PE GI Solutions' ASCs will begin using Provation's cloud-based documentation and patient charting system, it said June 15.
Gastrointestinal pharmaceutical company Napo Pharmaceuticals recently introduced Darlene Horton, MD, as its new chief medical officer, according to a May 26 press release.
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A gastroenterologist is proposing to build a medical office and surgery center in Edina, Minn., The Edina Sun Current reported June 11.
Less than 5 percent of gastroenterologists have a net worth of at least $5 million, according to Medscape's "Physician Wealth & Debt Report 2021."
The COVID-19 pandemic is one factor that's changed the private practice and management landscape for gastroenterologists, according to a paper written by United Digestive leaders.
The former 60-year-old clinical supervisor of State College, Pa.-based Mount Nittany Medical Center's endoscopy center is suing the hospital, claiming age discrimination.
United Digestive added Aja McCutchen, MD, as the seventh member of its board of directors.