Estella M. Alonso, MD, is medical director of the Siragusa Transplantation Center at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
GI & Endoscopy
Here are four updates from gastroenterology companies and practices from the past week:
A hospital in Oklahoma used contaminated gastroscopes on about 1,000 patients in recent months, Reuters reports.
The following gastroenterologists were recently featured in Becker's ASC Review.
Sumalatha Satoor, MD, has joined Baptist Health Medical Group Gastroenterology in Madisonville, Ky., according to SurfKY News
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A study published in Plos One found Exact Sciences' Cologuard was less effective and more costly than other CMS-reimbursed screening strategies.
Simon Mathews, MD, has been appointed to the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s advisory panel on patient engagement.
Mark B. Pochapin, MD, is the director of gastroenterology and hepatology at New York City based NYU Langone Health.
Noel Martins, MD, is the gastroenterology section chief at St. Luke's University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pa.
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health has selected the finalists for its 2019 Trailblazer Prize for Clinician-Scientists.