GI & Endoscopy

Continental Who's Who named Kevin Collier, MD, of Silver Spring, Md.-based Capital Digestive Care, its 2018 Gastroenterologist of The Year.

Vinod Vallabh, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Cary, N.C.-based Carolina Gastroenterology.

Here are five gastroenterologists that made headlines this past week.

The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable is leading a movement to screen 80 percent of adults 50 years and older for colorectal cancer by the end of 2018.

The University of Miami Health System is expanding its bariatric surgery program by constructing a new office in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

The American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy petitioned Congress to reject the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's recommendation to eliminate the Merit-based Incentive Payment System and establish the Voluntary Value Program in its place.

Here are eight practices and hospitals making headlines this past week.

Lewes, Del.-based Seaside Gastroenterology Consultants will add Heather Barton, MD, to its staff, effective in July, Cape Gazette reports.

Pfizer will fund the American Gastroenterological Association's Young Investigator Pilot Research Awards in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Vallath Balakrishnan, MD, 83, died March 20, The New Indian Express reports.