GI & Endoscopy

Continental Who's Who recognized New York City-based New York-Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center's David L. Carr-Locke, MD, as a Leading Gastroenterologist of 2018-2019.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins researchers discovered a potential colorectal cancer biomarker.

  On April 18, 1775, the shot heard round the world allegedly began the American Revolution; 87,986 days later, Miami-based Gastro Health partnered with Audax Private Equity, marking the first major PE-investment in the GI space.

The American Gastroenterological Association's Center for GI Innovation and Technology is working with industry groups to combat duodenoscope contamination.

Paul Martin, MD, is gastroenterology chief at the University of Miami (Fla.) Miller School of Medicine.

A study published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology compared how clear liquid diets compared to low-residue diets for colonoscopy bowel preparation.

Here are the five most-read gastroenterology articles for the week of Dec. 27, 2018, through Jan. 2, 2019:

Researchers published a study confirming the feasibility of Motus GI's Pure-Vu system for intra-colonoscopy cleansing in Endoscopy.  

CMS approved the GI Quality Improvement Consortium Registry as a qualified clinical data registry for the 2019 Merit-based Incentive Payment System reporting year.

The Royal Court of Jersey sanctioned Shire's proposed acquisition of Takeda Pharmaceuticals.