GI & Endoscopy

Hashem B. El-Serag, MD, gastroenterology chair at Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine, became the 114th president of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute at Digestive Disease Week 2019, May 18-21 in San Diego.

  New technology will spur ASC growth, according to Pamela Isabel, COO of Woodholme Gastroenterology Associates, which operates endoscopy centers and GI practices in the Baltimore area.

Silver Spring, Md.-based Capital Digestive Care is building a standalone office in Rockville, Md., to house an HyGIeaCare system.

Increasing early-onset colorectal cancer rates around the world are befuddling researchers as they struggle to identify what's causing the spikes.

Ned Snyder, MD, is chief of gastroenterology at the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in the Greater Houston area.

Takeda pledged to donate $1 billion yen ($9.2 million) over five years to the Global Fund's Sixth Replenishment over the next five years, the first private sector company to do so.

Robert C. Kurtz, MD, a gastroenterologist who has practiced at New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for over 40 years, is a former chairman of the American Gastroenterological Association’s section on gastrointestinal oncology and researches early detection of…

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy appointed John Vargo, II, MD, its new president at Digestive Disease Week 2019, May 18-21 in San Diego.

Debra Sukin, CEO of Houston Methodist The Woodlands, detailed a $240 million expansion plan for a new patient care tower with endoscopy services on May 29, according to local news source Woodlands Online.

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