GI & Endoscopy

  D. Montgomery Bissell, MD, is the chief of gastroenterology at the University of California-San Francisco.

Adnan Altaf, MD, performed the first "awake endoscopy" procedure in Oklahoma on Logan Marshall, 12, to examine his esophagus, local news affiliate Oklahoma's News 4 reports.

Elie Aoun, MD, is the gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition division chief at Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network.

Here are four gastroenterologists who were featured in the news in the last week:

Here are five of the most popular gastroenterology stories for the week of April 11-17:

Diets involving red meat and alcohol increased patients' risk of developing colorectal cancer, according to a study in the International Journal of Epidemiology.

The FDA issued a safety alerton the duodenoscope contamination rate. While scope-associated infections are decreasing, clinicians have not yet eliminated them.

The AGA Research Foundation recognized Ashish Nimgaonkar, MD, as its researcher of the month.

  John W. Birk, MD, is the gastroenterology division chief and director of the gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship program at Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health.

David Gutman, MD, joined Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital's staff to provide gastrointestinal care, the Watertown Daily Times reports.