GI & Endoscopy

Michael Thomas is joining devicemaker Lumendi as vice president of sales.

The National Resident Matching Program reported more physicians matched for medical fellowships in 2018 than any year before, according to the American Medical Association.

Joseph F. Hacker III, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Newark-based Delaware Gastroenterology Associates.

Research presented at 2018 Digestive Disease Week, July 2 to July 5 in Washington, D.C., found authors of clinical practice guidelines for inflammatory bowel disease often have financial conflicts of interest, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News reported.

Loveland, Colo.-based UCHealth recently performed a procedure with a Sterizone VP4 Sterilizer-sterilized duodenoscope.

Gastroenterologist George K. John, MD, is joining University of Maryland Community Medical Group's practice in Easton, Md., The Star Democrat reports.

Telemedicine is changing how physicians view medicine, according to Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Corey Siegel, MD, who shared his thoughts on the subject in AGA Perspectives.

Here are three gastroenterologists that made news recently:

A study, published in Gastroenterology, compared the effectiveness of FOB-Gold and OC-Sensor in detecting advanced neoplasia.

The American Gastroenterological Association is urging legislators to improve prescription drug pricing.