GI & Endoscopy

Here are five gastroenterologists making headlines for the week of Aug. 14.

RedHill Biopharma entered into a commercialization agreement with ParaPRO to promote RedHill's Esomeprazole Strontium Delayed-Release capsules.

TopConsumerReviews.com awarded Bowtrol a five-star rating based on consumer feedback.

United Healthcare honored Beverly, Ill.-based Metropolitan Gastroenterology Consultants Founder Darrien Gaston, MD, by designating him a Premium Care Physician for 2017, the Beverly Review reports.

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

Eight gastroenterologists make up Gateway Gastroenterology and the Gateway Endoscopy Center, both based in St. Louis.

The Buffalo (N.Y.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center is notifying 526 patients a procedure they received was performed with an improperly cleaned endoscope, the Buffalo News reports.

A jury in a Florida state court cleared David Vastola, MD, on Aug. 16, of all responsibilities in a case a patient brought against him, CVN reports.

Walla Walla, Wash.-based Providence Medical Group added gastroenterologist Patrick Laing, MD, to its staff, the Union-Bulletin reports.

The Digestive Diseases Center at University of Chicago Medicine has been serving Chicago and the Chicagoland area since 1927.