GI & Endoscopy

Raymond DuBois, MD, PhD, and Anil Rustgi, MD, were elected to the National Academy of Medicine for their research into GI cancers.

Atlanta-based United Digestive partnered with Savannah, Ga.-based Center for Digestive & Liver Health.

Adam Slivka, MD, PhD, is associate chief of clinical services for the UPMC division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition.

Finding colonic polyps in patients under 60 did not increase the likelihood of advanced adenomas during a follow-up colonoscopy, Medpage Today reports.

Dallas-based GI Alliance acquired Indianapolis Gastroenterology and Hepatology, its third acquisition in three weeks.

  Sandeep Mukherjee, MD, is chief of the division of gastroenterology at CHI Health Creighton University–Bergan Mercy Medical Center in Omaha, Neb

Exact Sciences and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic identified new biomarkers that spot colorectal cancer with a higher degree of accuracy than the markers Exact currently uses.

Milford, Del.-based Bayhealth Gastroenterology, Sussex Campus added Vineet Gudsoorkar, MD, and Shruti Patel, MD, to its staff, the Cape Gazette reports.

Here are three gastroenterology-focused ASCs opened in October:

The following gastroenterologists were featured in the news this week: