GI & Endoscopy

Gastroenterology's board of editors named Eric Shah, MD, a University of Michigan at Ann Arbor second year fellow, the first recipient of the journal's editorial fellowship program.

APC Therapeutics licensed its small-molecule anticancer compound to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals to further its development, GEN reports.

James J. Weber, MD, is the president and CEO of Texas Digestive Disease Consultants, the largest gastroenterology practice in the U.S.

Illinois Gastroenterology Group was formed in 2010 through the merger of three practices.

Here are six updates on GI companies from the past week.

Researchers from Australia-based Adelaide Medical School believe irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea is exhausting patient's T-cells, Science Daily reports.

The U.S. Air Force notified 135 patients who underwent colonoscopy or endoscopy procedures between April 2008 and April 2016 at Qatar-based Al Udeid Air Base that providers may have treated them with improperly cleaned scopes, Military.com reports.

The U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer issued several new recommendations and introduced a "tier ranking system" concerning colorectal cancer screening tests.

Ray Keate, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Richmond (Va.) Gastroenterology Associates.

Here are three new ASCs and outpatient facilities offering GI services.