GI & Endoscopy

Here are five of the most read gastroenterology articles on Becker's ASC Review this week:

Evanston-based Illinois Gastroenterology Group closed a private equity deal joining the GI Alliance, which created the largest independent gastroenterology services organization in the nation.

Renowned gastroenterologist and former Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center director Kurt Isselbacher, MD, died of a stroke July 18 at age 93, the Boston Globe reports.

Here are three updates from gastroenterology companies from the past week:

Monroeville, Pa.-based Forbes Hospital opened a $17 million addition to expand its surgical, gastrointestinal and cardiac services, TribLive reports.

Apollo Endosurgery posted a net loss of $8.8 million for the second quarter, despite growing worldwide sales of Overstitch, its endoscopic suturing system, by 40 percent.

Gastroenterologists have one of the highest starting salaries for physicians, and generate over $2 million for hospitals, according to surveys conducted by physician search firm Merritt Hawkins.

Francisco Sylvester, MD, is chief of the pediatric gastroenterology division at Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina Children's Hospital.

Gastrologix and the Digestive Health Network developed GastroAssure, a medical professional liability insurance platform for independent gastroenterology-focused practices.

Sushovan Guha, MD, a gastroenterologist at Phoenix-based Banner Digestive Diseases Institute, shared his insights on artificial intelligence in the gastroenterology field in an interview with Medscape.