GI & Endoscopy

A rise in upper gastroenterology endoscopy to diagnose and treat esophageal diseases will propel high demand for GI procedures in the next decade, according to Sg2's 2019 Impact of Change forecast.

With patient awareness of colorectal cancer on the rise and the resulting push for younger patients to be screened for the disease, pay and demand for gastroenterologists is increasing.

The following gastroenterologists have been featured in the news recently:

St. Joseph Hospital in Bethpage, N.Y. and Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, N.Y. named Lynn O'Connor, MD, as the new chief of colon and rectal surgery. Both hospitals are part of the Catholic Health Services health system.

Here are six updates from gastroenterology companies and practices from the past week:

Minimally invasive devicemaker ConMed was awarded a $36 million five-year contract from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Business Journal News Network reports.

Five must-read gastroenterology articles on Becker's ASC Review this week:

The American College of Gastroenterology published a clinical guideline on hepatic and mesenteric circulation disorders in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 

Fight Colorectal Cancer and Colon Cancer Coalition partnered to fund research looking at the differences in biology between patients with early-onset CRC and older-onset CRC at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.

Provation Medical acquired MD-Reports, an EMR, practice management and report-writing software provider.