GI & Endoscopy

Here are three updates on GI and industry-relevant companies to note:

The American Gastroenterological Association named 18 physicians for its third class of Future Leaders.

Group purchasing organization Gastrologix will offer independent gastroenterology practices access to the entire Fujifilm Medical System's endoscopy product portfolio.

The American Gastroenterological Association awarded Uma Sundaram, MD, fellow status. Dr. Sundaram is the vice dean of research at the Huntington, W.Va.-based Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington News reports.

A study examining the efficacy of Motus GI's Pure-Vu system was published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology.

A study published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy examined how often endoscopists were exposed to blood and bodily fluids if their face was unprotected during a procedure.

Crestview (Fla.) Police Dept. closed the investigation of gastroenterologist Khalid Moussa, MD, who was accused of sexual assault, nwfdailynews.com reports.

University Medical Center of El Paso's Center for Diagnostic and Advanced Endoscopy physician Antonio Mendoza-Ladd, MD, performed an endoscopic jejunostomy procedure on a patient, restoring their ability to eat and digest food, the El Paso Herald-Post reports.

Kenneth R. Mirkin, MD, is the gastroenterology chief at Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Fairfax Hospital.

Artificial intelligence can help gastroenterologists identify colorectal polyps, bleeding and angioectasias accurately, according to Sushovan Guha, MD, PhD, of the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix.