GI & Endoscopy

The Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation is expanding its staff and board in an aggressive attempt to grow.

Salina S. Lee is a gastroenterologist at Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center.

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. opened an endoscopy repair center in Wayne, N.J.

Dayton, Ohio-based Digestive Specialists plans to open a 28,000-square-foot office in Sugarcreek Township, Ohio, Oct. 4, the Dayton Business Journal reports.

Cantel Medical released its fourth quarter 2018 financial results.

New guidelines from the British Society of Gastroenterology and Healthcare Infection Society recommended physicians use fecal-microbiota transplant as a second-line treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection only, Medscape reports.

A study published in Surgical Endoscopy reported pharmaceutical company Mauna Kea's Cellvizio can aid physicians in Barrett's Esophagus detection.

Michael F. Sheffield, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Tualatin-based The Oregon Clinic Gastroenterology South.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center researchers developed a drug that prevents pancreatic cancer in mice, according to a study published in Gastroenterology.

Timothy Moran will join Motus GI as CEO, effective Oct. 1.