GI & Endoscopy

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

Exact Sciences released its first quarter 2019 earnings yesterday, posting a 79 percent gain in quarterly revenues.

Takeda opened its 165,000-square-foot San Diego research center April 30 to support its drug discovery technologies.

James M. Scheiman, MD, is chief of gastroenterology at Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System.

Exact Sciences posted first quarter 2019 revenues of $162 million, a 79 percent year-over-year increase.

Oklahoma City VA Health Care System bestowed its 2019 James F. Hammarsten Physician of Excellence Award on gastroenterologist Mohammad Madhoun, MD, The Oklahoman reports.

Endoscopists who completed simulation-based training together with game-like elements performed better than their peers during live colonoscopies, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News reports.

Gastroenterologists are some of the highest-earning specialty physicians, according to Medscape's 2019 gastroenterologist compensation report.

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Vidalia, La.-based Riverpark Medical Center added gastroenterologist Kellen Jex, MD, to its staff, The Natchez Democrat reports.