GI & Endoscopy

Joliet, Ill.-based Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center's Kamran Ayub, MD, performed a procedure with the EndoRotor, becoming the first in Illinois to do so, the Herald News reports.

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II acquired five medical office buildings in Benton, Ark., and Hot Springs, Ark., for $30.4 million, OAonline reports.

Jeffrey King, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Denver-based National Jewish Health.

MD Buyline users said Fujifilm Medical Systems had the No. 1 product in the endoscopic video system/scope category.

Facing monopoly concerns, Takeda said it could sell Shire's developing gastroenterology therapy to gain European Commission approval, Reuters reports.

The University of Chicago Medicine's Center for Asian Health Equity is joining the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot Initiative to prevent colorectal cancer.

Six endoscopy centers are among the nation's best ASCs, according to Women's Choice Award.

Kenneth Sherman, MD, PhD, is a gastroenterologist at University of Cincinnati Health.

Here are three gastroenterologists who made the news this past week:

In addition to his title as a pediatric gastroenterologist at Memphis, Tenn.-based Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Dennis Black, MD, can add "record label co-founder" to his resume, according to the Memphis Flyer.