GI & Endoscopy

Allergan's board of directors authorized the company to buy back $2 billion in stock, while also committing to increasing its quarterly dividends and reaffirming its decision to pay down $3.75 billion in debt by 2018.

Daryl M. McClendon, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Anchorage-based Alaska Digestive and Liver Disease Clinic.

Salary.com reported data on gastroenterologists' salary from several human resources departments.

Penn State College of Medicine appointed Thomas Ma, MD, department of medicine chair for both Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. All organizations are based in Hershey, Pa.

A study, published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, examined factors that indicated inadequately prepared bowels before a colonoscopy.

Here are the five most popular gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Sept. 18 to Sept. 22, 2017.

Klaus Mergener, MD, is a gastroenterologist and partner at Tacoma, Wash.-based Digestive Health Specialists.

Here are three gastroenterologists making news this past week.

Great Falls, Mont.-based Benefis Health System added certified physician assistant Jamie Aleba to its Benefis Gastroenterology staff, theGreat Falls Tribune reports.

The American Gastroenterological Association released a statement against the healthcare bill proposed by Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.