GI & Endoscopy

U.S. Representative Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-N.J.) has introduced a bill to expand colorectal cancer screening coverage.

Matt Kurien, MD, was presented with the Julie Wallace Lecture Award from the Nutrition Society for his work concerning feeding tubes, News Medical reports.

Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America recently released the results a one-year pilot program.

Patients more than 75 years old may not benefit from colonoscopy screening, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Here are seven updates on gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.

East Texas Medical Center added Ashish Gangasani, MD, Paul Kyser, MD, Moises Sidransky, MD, and Umair Sohail, MD, to its staff, the Tyler Morning Telegraph reports. 

Georgia-based EndoChoice will be purchased by Boston Scientific after the device company agreed to pay $210 million, the Boston Globe reports.

Ismet Lukolic, MD, has joined Seaford, Del.-based Nanticoke Physician Network Gastroenterology & Hepatology, according to the Sussex Countian.

Takeda Pharmaceutical has been named one of Working Mother magazine's "Working Mother 100 Best Companies."

Christopher Meyer, MD, was relieved of his duties by the Holzer Health System Board of Directors, the Gallipolis Daily Tribune reports.