GI & Endoscopy

Here are 11 gastroenterology physicians Becker's ASC Review featured in March:

  Ezra Burstein, MD, PhD, is the gastroenterology division chief at Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center.

A study published in Gastroenterology examined the cost effectiveness of The American Cancer Society's recommendation to begin colorectal cancer screening at age 45.

New York City-based Brooklyn Hospital brought in former New York Yankee outfielder and CRC cancer survivor Daryl Strawberry to speak about his colorectal cancer battle, Brooklyn Paper reports.

Jean-Pierre Raufman, MD, is the gastroenterology and hepatology division head at the Baltimore-based University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Here are three GI physicians who made the news recently:

Charles Friel, MD, colon and rectal surgery chief at the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Medical Center dressed up as a red colon polyp named Paulie to educate staff and patients about colon cancer prevention in honor of colorectal cancer awareness…

Giving patients a financial incentive for completing a fecal immunochemical test did not increase completion rates, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

Here are the five most-read articles on Becker's ASC Review for the week of March 21 -27:

Sonora Quest Laboratories made its blood-based colorectal cancer test BeScreened-CRC available to the public, AZ Central reports.