GI & Endoscopy

William Karnes, MD, is director of the high-risk program and colonoscopy quality at the UCI Health H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center in Orange, Calif., and chief medical officer of Docbot, a technology that uses artificial intelligence to detect abnormalities…

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

Austin (Texas) Gastroenterology is building a HyGIeaCare Center in Bee Cave, Texas, to complement its presence in the city.

Patients are more likely to get screened for colorectal cancer if their provider has also been screened, according to a study published in Gastroenterology.

Strong consolidation activity characterized the physician services sector in the third quarter of 2019, according to Provident Healthcare Partners' "Q3-2019 Physician Services Update."

Richard Fried, MD, is the chief of gastroenterology at Huntington (N.Y.) Hospital and the Dolan Family Health Center.

Little Rock, Ark.-based Premier Gastroenterology boosted its leadership staff, naming Todd Greer COO.

Becker's ASC Review reported on news featuring five gastroenterologists this week:

Suri Karthikeyan, MD, a gastroenterologist with over 25 years of experience, has joined UR Medicine Thompson Health in Canandaigua, N.Y., according to the Finger Lakes Times.

Razvan Arsenescu, MD, PhD, is chief of the Atlantic Digestive Health Institute in Morristown, N.J.