GI & Endoscopy

4D Pharma is preparing to move its irritable bowel syndrome drug, Blautix, into a phase II clinical trial, The Press and Journal reports.

Erik Thyssen, MD, is a gastroenterologist at St. Louis-based Specialists in Gastroenterology.

Here are five practices with gastroenterology services making news this past week.

Specialists in Gastroenterology has been serving the St. Louis area since February 2005.

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis tapped Matthew Ciobra, MD, to be its next inflammatory bowel disease program chief.

New York City-based Manhattan Gastroenterology's Shawn Khodadadian, MD, issued a PSA about the dangers of ignoring rectal bleeding.

A study, published in Diseases of the Esophagus, examined the operative and survival outcomes of 100 consecutive robotic-assisted transhiatal esophagectomies procedures.

A study, published in Journal of Biophotonics, examined how effective an infrared spectroscopy was in screening for ulcerative colitis, the Ledger-Enquirer reports.

A team of Salt Lake City-based University of Utah researchers developed a fluid-based liver cancer test.

The Bruce and Cynthia Sherman Charitable Foundation awarded Sherman Prizes to Stephan Targan, MD, Lee Denson, MD and Heidi Drescher, MMS, PA-C.