GI & Endoscopy

Silver Spring, Md.-based Capital Digestive Care is reopening its Glenn Dale, Md., office and staffing it with five gastroenterologists.

Here are six gastroenterology-focused ASCs and endoscopy centers opened in the past month:

Bruce Sands, MD, heads the Dr. Henry D. Janowitz division of gastroenterology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.

More than 2,250 ASCs claimed either private or government insurance for colonoscopies in 2018, according to data from Definitive Healthcare, a company that tracks healthcare data.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic opened a gastroenterology center on the Saint Mary's portion of its campus, local news affiliate KIMT reports.

Susan Cummings, MD, is the chief of gastroenterology at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, Calif.

Here are three gastroenterologists featured in Becker's ASC Review this past week:

Aging patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at greater risk for cancer and other conditions because of immunosuppression and their increased exposure to inflammation, MedPage Today reports.

Over 2,250 ASCs claimed either private or government insurance for colonoscopies in 2018, according to data from Definitive Healthcare, a company that tracks healthcare data.

Here are five of the most popular gastroenterology stories in Becker's ASC Review for the week of April 17-23: