Tsion Abdi, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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Here are 26 gastroenterologists making headlines in February 2017.
The World Congress of Gastroenterology is set for Oct. 13 through Oct. 18, 2017, in Orlando, Fla.
Patient, provider groups petition Congress to pass Medicare virtual colonoscopy coverage: 4 insights
Major colorectal cancer care advocacy groups are petitioning Congress to pass HR 1298 — the CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act.
Long Beach (Calif.) Memorial joined the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable Initiative "80% by 2018. " The initiative's aim is to screen 80 percent of adults 50-years and older by 2018.
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M. Badar Anwer, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Celebration, Fla.-based Advanced Gastroenterological Associates.
Kfar Malal, Israel-based Medial EarlySign integrated its machine learning tools into Tel Aviv, Israel-based Maccabi Healthcare Services EHRs, creating a predictive care engine. The engine identifies pre-symptomatic patients at high risk for colorectal cancer.
Christos Karalis, MD, joined DuBois, Pa.-based Penn Highlands Healthcare's staff.
After years of decreases, colorectal cancer is re-emerging at alarming rates in the millennial generation.
Dublin, Ireland-based Allergan plans to invest $44 million into its Irish operations this year, the Irish Times reports.