GI & Endoscopy

The American College of Gastroenterology, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American Gastroenterological Association praised a number of CMS' changes to the ASC payment final rule in a release.

  Jon LaPook, MD, gastroenterologist and chief medical correspondent for CBS News, underwent a colonoscopy aided by artificial intelligence, WDEF reported.

  Katie Farah, MD, is the director of the McCandless (Pa.) Endoscopy Center.

There were no differences in physical activity level, clinical characteristics or comorbid conditions among rectal cancer survivors who underwent either low anterior resection or abdominoperineal resection, according to a study in Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.

Little Rock, Ark.-based Premier Gastroenterology Associates partnered with real estate company Newmark Moses Tucker Partners of Little Rock to turn a closed Kmart shopping center into its new practice.

Gardner, Mass.-based Heywood Healthcare recognized several of its providers, including gastroenterologist Edmund J. Taylor, MD, during a dinner event, Athol Daily News reports.

The American Gastroenterological Association recognized New York City-based New York University's Lea Ann Chen, MD, as a rising microbe investigator.

Here are three gastroenterologists who made headlines this past week:

Farzana Rashid Hossain, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine.

A study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology examined how follow-up colonoscopy time after positive fecal immunochemical testing affects colorectal cancer rate.