GI & Endoscopy

Alton, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony's Health Center added Saikiran Raghavapuram, MD, to its staff.

Endoscopy procedures dominate the practice of most gastroenterologists in U.S. The common types, upper endoscopy and colonoscopy, are mostly performed in ambulatory care centers and offices. ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography) is different. It is substantially more dangerous, and is…

Tupelo, Miss.-based Digestive Health Specialists is a gastroenterology practice with two offices in Mississippi.

Here are four updates on GI companies from the past week:

Washington state jurors ordered Olympus Corp. to pay Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center $6.6 million after a patient contracted an infection because of an improperly cleaned Olympus duodenoscope, Kaiser Health News reports.

Florence, S.C.-based McLeod Regional Medical Center added gastroenterologist Veeral M. Oza, MD, to its staff, SC Now reports.

Exact Sciences announced its second quarter fiscal year 2017 earnings and updated investors on the potential launch of a study concerning its new lung cancer test on July 25, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.

J. Craig Davis, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Little Rock-based GastroArkansas.

Little Rock-based GastroArkansas has been serving the state and its residents for more than 40 years.

Here is how five major, publicly traded gastroenterology companies fared in the stock market for the week of July 17 to July 21.