GI & Endoscopy

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

Here are five of the most popular gastroenterology stories posted on Becker's ASC for the week of Feb. 7-13:

Asyia Ahmad, MD, is a fellowship program director and medical professor in Philadelphia-based Drexel Medicine's gastroenterology and hepatology division.

Here are three multispecialty and gastroenterology focused ASCs and facilities that were opened or announced in January and February:

Here are five updates on gastroenterology and industry-relevant companies to note:

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.