GI & Endoscopy

The family of a patient who survived colon cancer surgery in 2021 but died eight days after a follow-up procedure in 2022 is suing the surgeon and Bridgeport, Conn.-based St. Vincent's Medical Center, among other entities, alleging medical negligence caused…

Hospital-based colonoscopy facility fees are more than 50% higher than the same service in a physician's office, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open in 2023.

Olympus and NTT have jointly developed the world's first cloud-based endoscopy system that processes endoscopic videos on the cloud, according to a Nov. 19 news release.

Rockford (Ill.) Gastroenterology Associates filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights on Oct. 30 after becoming aware of a 2023 cyberattack. 

Global diagnostics company Bracco Diagnostics has partnered with virtual colonoscopy company ColoWatch to deliver new solutions for imaging facilities to expand the availability of colorectal cancer screenings using virtual colonoscopy. 

Paramus, N.J.-based Valley Health System gastroenterologist Sita Chokhavatia, MD, has been elected to the American College of Gastroenterology board of governors, according to a Nov. 20 report from TapIntoRidgewood. 

A gastroenterologist in Wheeling, W.Va., has been found guilty of failing to pay nearly $2.5 million in payroll taxes, according to a Nov. 20 report from NBC affiliate WTOV. 

The American Gastroenterological Association has released updated guidelines for treating moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis. 

The U.S. is projected to face a shortage of 1,630 gastroenterologists by 2025, according to a 2024 white paper from Medicus.

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham's division of gastrointestinal surgery and gastroenterology and hepatology were awarded a $120,000 grant from the Alabama Department of Public Health's Cancer Prevention and Control Division for the third consecutive year.