GI & Endoscopy

The FDA granted conditional approval of medical diagnostic company Check-Cap's investigational device exemption application to begin a pilot study of the company's C-Scan system.

Marie Claire named 30 Best Careers for Women, and gastroenterologist is among them.

Gastroenterologist Satish Iduru, MD, aims to create a network of independent physicians to help independent physicians achieve savings in business expenses with his new organization, Doctors IPA, according to the Daily Telescope.

Here are the top GI stories for the week of Dec. 6 through 12:

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy appointed Barbara Connell as its CEO effective Jan. 1, 2019.

Nicholas Inverso, MD, will practice out of Evangelical Community Hospital's Lewisburg, Pa.-based practice, effective Jan. 14, 2019, NorthcentralPA.com reports.

Here are three updates on GI companies from the past week:

Larry Miller, MD, is the gatreoenterology chief at the Hempstead, N.Y.-based Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

The family of a woman who died after a procedure at Somerset, Ky.-based Cumberland Gastroenterology was awarded more than $1.6 million in a jury verdict delivered Nov. 29, The Daily Independent reports.

Olympus Medical Systems Co., and former Olympus executive Hisao Yabe both pled guilty to failing to report adverse events related to infections connected to Olympus' duodenoscopes.