GI & Endoscopy

Gena Swift, CRNP, joined Atlantic General Gastroenterology in Berlin, Md., the Dover Post reported.

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

Stephen H Caldwell, MD, is director of hepatology at Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health.

Here are five of the most-read gastroenterology articles last week:

The American College of Physicians released a new colorectal cancer screening guideline statement for adults between 50 and 75 years old without symptoms on Nov. 5.

Takeda continued to divest a number of its over-the-counter products and other non-core assets as it attempts to rein in its Shire-related debt, the drugmaker announced Nov. 5.

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.