GI & Endoscopy

On the heels of its partnership with Jamison, Pa.-based Physicians Endoscopy, Silver Spring, Md.-based Capital Digestive Care added three gastroenterologists to its staff.

Mayo Clinic's Jacksonville campus in Florida is expanding, with a new building set to be completed by 2021, according to the Jacksonville Daily Record.

Suffern, N.Y.-based Good Samaritan Hospital opened an Esophageal and Reflux Center, making it the only hospital in New York's Rockland and Orange counties to have a dedicated center, the Rockland Times reports.

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

The FDA awarded the Pentax Medical Video ED34-i10T2 duodenoscope — which has a sterile, disposable elevator component — FDA 510(k) clearance, Medscape reports.

Vipul H. Shah, MD, is the chief of gastroenterology at Montefiore Nyack (N.Y.) Hospital.

Since the first deal of the great gastroenterology private equity investment rush of the late 2010s closed in September 2016, never has a three-month span featured more activity than September to November this year. To date, three of the five…

Douglas Pleskow, MD, joined the trustee advisory board of Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Wicked Local Needham reports.

CRH Medical acquired a majority ownership stake in Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Triad Sedation, building on a previous partnership with the practice.

Dallas-based GI Alliance continued its year-end acquisition spree, acquiring Amarillo (Texas) Endoscopy Center.