GI & Endoscopy

Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners was one of two organizations to receive CMS' Health Equity Award.

Stacie M. Jones, MD, is the gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition interim chief at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital, both located in Little Rock.

Advanced Medical Solutions Group acquired surgical sealant company Sealantis.

John T. Maple, DO, was the first physician to use CSA Medical's truFreeze Spray Cryotherapy to treat two patients in Oklahoma.

A balloon mucosal impedance catheter system can detect and evaluate an array of esophageal disorders, Gastroenterology Consultant reports.

Gastrointestinal research leaders met at Aurora-based University of Colorado Cancer Center to discuss several factors related to early-onset colorectal cancer.

A study published in The Lancet claims hepatitis C can be eliminated worldwide by 2030, but several improvements will have to be made to get there, Medscape reports.

  Here are eight gastroenterologists featured in the news recently:

  William Sandborn, MD, is the gastroenterology division chief at University of California San Diego Health.

Takeda's ulcerative colitis drug Entyvio was one of the key products behind a 10.5 percent increase in underlying revenue for the third quarter of fiscal year 2018.