GI & Endoscopy

  Stefano Guandalini, MD, is a professor emeritus of pediatrics at University of Chicago Medicine.

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

Innovate Biopharmaceuticals is merging with RDD Pharma to create a gastroenterology company focused on specialty, rare and orphan diseases.

Houston gastroenterologist Yolanda Hamilton, MD, was found guilty of participating in a $16 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a Department of Justice release.

Motus GI has started to commercially distribute its Pure-Vu system to U.S. hospitals.

Daniel Raines, MD, is the chief and program director for the section of gastroenterology at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans.

Here are two GI physicains making headlines this week:

Private equity investors are turning their attention to the gastroenterology space. Here is a timeline of PE investments that will be updated as more deals close:

Courtney Cockerell, DO, joined the staff at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Mo., the Webster-Kirkwood Times reports.

Patrick G. Northup, MD, is the director of the gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship program at UVA Health in Charlottesville, Va.