GI & Endoscopy

  Here are 10 updates from gastroenterology companies and practices in the last week:

Three physicians recently completed the first robotic-assisted colon resection surgeries at Martinsburg, W.Va.-based Berkeley Medical Center.

Docbot's artificial intelligence platform can be trained to predict levels of ulcerative colitis severity after reviewing full-length endoscopy videos, AiThority reported Nov. 6.

Ellen Scherl, MD, research director of the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine, spoke with NextServices President Praveen Suthrum about the future of the specialty.

Bellingham, Wash.-based Northwest Gastroenterology and Endoscopy recently broke ground on a 23,817-square-foot medical office building and endoscopy center, Whatcom Talk reported Nov. 6.

Alison Schneider, MD, was elected president of the Florida Gastroenterologic Society at the organization's 55th annual meeting, South Florida Hospital News reported Nov. 6.

  San Diego-based Prometheus Biosciences completed a $130 million equity financing led by Eventide Asset Management and RTW Investments for the development of inflammatory bowel disease treatment, according to a Nov. 9 press release.

Southeast Gastro, an affiliate of Miami-based Gastro Health, is expanding its space in Birmingham, Ala., Birmingham Business Journal reported Nov. 6.

The U.S. Multisociety Task Force on Colorectal Cancer released guidance for endoscopists on assessing colorectal lesions for features associated with cancer.

Four more sexual assault charges were filed against Arkan Alrashid, MD, who prosecutors allege has "left behind a trail of victims over the last two decades," CBS 2 Chicago reported Nov. 4.