GI & Endoscopy

Michael Lucey, MD, is the chief of the division of gastroenterology at the Madison-based University of Wisconsin's department of medicine.

The FDA approved Lumendi's DiLumen lk endolumenal interventional knife, which is a sterile, single-use disposable monopolar electrosurgical device.

David Chua, MD, is the director of the Chicago-based South Loop Endoscopy and Wellness Center.

Clinicians are discussing a myriad of ways to combat rising early-onset colorectal cancer rates, and while colonoscopy is the gold standard of diagnostic screening, the resource-heavy procedure could prove to be too taxing.

Kimberly A. Brown, MD, is the chief of gastroenterology at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.

Frank Wright, MD, joined Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial's staff and will see patients out of Smoky Mountain Gastroenterology, The Daily Times reports.

Four major gastroenterological societies denounced an article on duodenoscope sterilization published in The New York Times, stating that the article understates the value of the devices to patients and that they can't be removed from the marketplace as a result.

The year started slow for Jamison, Pa.-based Physicians Endoscopy, but the gastroenterology-focused management company made headlines throughout the summer.  Here is everything the company did these past 90 days. 

Here are six updates from gastroenterology companies from this past week:

David Young was selected as the new CEO of gastroenterology-focused management company Physicians Endoscopy.