GI & Endoscopy

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.

Here are seven gastroenterologists featured in the news this past week:

Christopher L. Bowlus, MD, is the gastroenterology and hepatology division chief at Sacramento-based UC Davis Health.

The American Gastroenterological Association awarded Providence, R.I.-based University Gastroenterology physician William Chen, MD, fellow status.

A study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology compared what bowel preparations were best tolerated and most effective.

Washington, D.C.-based Capital Digestive Care welcomed Ramsey Daher, MD, to its practice.

Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital named gastroenterologist Howard P. Fritz, MD, CMO and vice president of medical affairs, according to the Post Star.