GI & Endoscopy

Robert Just, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Round Rock (Texas) Gastroenterology.

In 2016, Dallas-based Parkland Health & Hospital System gastroenterology patients were forced to wait at least six months to receive consultations after patient referrals rocketed, and the health system knew something needed to change, D Magazine reports.

The American Gastroenterological Association is petitioning CMS, payers and Congress to alleviate some of the regulatory burden placed on physicians.

The European Commission approved Takeda and TiGenix's perianal fistulas drug Alofisel.

Here are the five most popular gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of March 19 to March 23, 2018.

According to Medscape, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network's colon cancer guidelines have changed to reflect that patients with low-risk stage III colon cancers can be treated with a shorter schedule of adjuvant chemotherapy, the largest change to the guidelines since…

A study, published in United European Gastroenterology Journal, found CDx Diagnostics Wats3D increased Barrett's esophagus and esophageal dysplasia detection by more than 80 percent.

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.