GI & Endoscopy

Evangelical Community Hospital will acquire Central Penn Gastroenterology Associates, effective July 2, The Daily Item reports. Both organizations are based in Lewisburg, Pa.

Kenneth Mirkin, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Fairfax-based Gastroenterology Associates of Northern Virginia.

Here are the five most popular gastroenterology and endoscopy stories from the week of Jan. 22 to Jan. 26, 2018.

Researchers from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center developed CancerSEEK, a single blood test that screens for eight common cancers, while also identifying the cancer's location.

Frank Yeh, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Vancouver, Wash.-based Advanced Gastroenterology.

Here are three gastroenterologists that made headlines this past week.

Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center's GI medical oncology medical director Angela Alistar, MD, is leading research into Rafael Pharmaceuticals' CPI-613, a pancreatic cancer therapy.

Exalenz Bioscience BreathID breath test platform can accurately detect clinically significant portal hypertension in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease.

Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Medical Group added gastroenterologist David Dozer, MD, to its network, Gulf Breeze News reports.

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