GI & Endoscopy

Mark Scheidler, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Indianapolis-based Northside Gastroenterology.

A third-party vendor error exposed patient data at Silver Spring, Md.-based Capital Digestive Care, DataBreaches.net reports.

David Johnson, MD, is a professor of medicine and chief of gastroenterology at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. Dr. Johnson discussed what gastroenterologists should tell their patients about modifiable risk factors for colon cancer in Medscape.

In a recent press release Karl-Storz announced it had been awarded a contract for its advanced Video Laryngoscopy products by Premier Inc. See the full press release below.

The International Association of HealthCare Professionals named Saritha Gorantla, MD, among those recognized in its The Leading Physicians of the World publication.

Here are three practices and hospitals with gastroenterology services making news.

Augusta-based Medical College of Georgia named Kenneth Vega, MD, its new chief of gastroenterology, the Augusta Chronicle reports.

Gastroenterologist Harold Bornstein, MD, claims a letter decreeing then-candidate Donald Trump was in "extraordinary" health was written by Mr. Trump himself, CNN reports.

A study, published in Cancer Immunology, examined the effectiveness of an immunotherapy that kills colorectal cancer tumors and prevents metastasis in mice.

Here are five updates on GI companies from the past week.