GI & Endoscopy

Increasing early-onset colorectal cancer rates are befuddling researchers around the world, Medscape reports.

Bradley Barth, MD, is the clinical director of pediatric gastroenterology at Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Here are 10 statistics on gastroenterologists' finances from industry sources:

Adam Slivka, MD, PhD, is the associate chief of clinical affairs at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition.

Naugatuck, Conn.-based Saint Mary's Hospital plans to open a multispecialty office to complement its recently opened urgent care facility, Citizen's News reports.

Here are three GI physicians featured in the news recently:

  Brett Bernstein, MD, is the chief of gastroenterology at New York City-based Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center.

Physicians stop ordering cancer screening tests later on in their workday, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open, which was reported on by Medscape.

Two gastroenterologists debated the virtues of universally screening patients for colorectal cancer at age 45, per the American Cancer Society's guidelines, Medpage Today reports.

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