GI & Endoscopy

Here are five of the most-read gastroenterology articles for the week of Feb. 14-21:

Burnout and unhappiness are prevalent throughout gastroenterology, according to Medscape's Gastroenterologist Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report 2019.

The American Gastroenterological Association selected 10 early-career physician-scientists as "scholars" for the 2019 AGA Fostering Opportunities Resulting in Workforce and Research Diversity program.

Anthony Nicholas Kalloo, MD, is the gastroenterology and hepatology chief and director at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine.

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.