GI & Endoscopy

The American Gastroenterological Society and Gilead Sciences awarded Brian DeBosch, MD, PhD, its Research Scholar Award in Liver Disease at Digestive Disease Week 2016.

The American Gastroenterological Association opposes the repeal of the ACA, in a statement it released.

The ACA's goal of increasing preventive cancer screenings was partially successful, Health Leaders Media reports.

Corporate Knights included Japan's Takeda Pharmaceuticals as one of its 2017 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World Index.

Here are three gastroenterologists in the news this past week.

Ayodele Osowo, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Arlington, Texas-based Gastroenterology Practice Associates.

A study in GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy recommends emergency departments use capsule endoscopy as a triage for patients with GI bleeding.

Robert Levine, MD, is a gastroenterologist with the Boulder (Colo.) Medical Center.

A study published in JAMA Surgery outlined a scoring system physicians can use to determine risk of adverse events for pregnant women after undergoing an appendectomy or cholecystectomy, MedPage Today reports.

Prescott, Ariz.-based Yavapai Regional Medical Center named Gastroenterologist Mark Thomas Worthington, MD, its physician of the year, the Daily Courier reports.