GI & Endoscopy

John Haydek, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Knoxville, Tenn.-based Gastrointestinal Associates.

Tokyo, China-based Olympus reached a settlement with its foreign investors for $34 million in damages over an accounting scandal, Reuters reports.

After a year rife with reports of infections from improperly cleaned endoscopes or duodenoscopes, new FDA guidelines to ensure proper scope reprocessing could lower associated lawsuits, LawyersandSettlements.com reports.

Here are 18 new surgery centers that were opened or were announced throughout 2016.

Here are the five most read gastroenterology/endoscopy stories for Dec. 19 to Dec. 23, 2016.

Henry Levine, MD, is a gastroenterologist and the founder of the Orlando-based Center for Digestive Health.

Researchers from the United Kingdom have developed a blood-based test for bowel cancer that has 97 percent accuracy, Wales Online reports.

Ivan Friedrich, MD, is a gastroenterologist with the Englewood Cliffs-based Gastroenterology Group of Northern New Jersey.

The American Gastroenterological Society created its Clinical Observation and Research Education program with the goal of bringing young international physicians to the U.S. to expose them to research opportunities and clinical observations.

Cedar Valley, Pa.-based Olympus received FDA 510(k) clearance of claims for its Endocuff endoscopic device.