GI & Endoscopy

Research published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology compared full-spectrum endoscopy to standard-forward viewing colonoscopy.

Miami-based Gastro Health entered into an agreement to acquire Longwood, Fla.-based Giles Gastroenterology Center, doing business as Gastroenterology Specialists.

Dayton (Ohio) Gastroenterology will present the 12th annual "No Buts About It" 5K Run/Walk at 9 a.m. March 23, according to the Daily Advocate.

The American Gastroenterological Association appointed four new governing board members, including a new president.

Chinese researchers discovered adenomas and advanced adenomas were missed more frequently by colonoscopies than previously reported, Medpage Today reports.

James M. Scheiman, MD, is the gastroenterology and hepatology chief at the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System.

A prospective study in The American Journal of Gastroenterology evaluated which colonoscopy bowel preps are best tolerated and most effective.

Bethlehem Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network absorbed and rebranded Sellersville, Pa.-based Bux-mont Gastroenterology, Lehigh Valley Business reports.

Ishaan Kalha, MD, is the gastroenterology division chief at Bakersfield, Calif.-based Kern Medical.

Here are four gastroenterologists in the news this week: