GI & Endoscopy

University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester's Ana Maldonado-Contreras, MSc, PhD, won the 2016 AGA Research Scholar Award.

Prince Rupert Regional Hospital, of Canada, admitted to using an improperly cleaned endoscope from April until the end of June 2016 at five different ear, nose and throat clinics affecting 104 patients, CBC News reports. 

Understanding the Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act of 2015 is especially important for small gastroenterology practices looking to mitigate price compression, according to a recent series of practice management articles by the American Gastroenterology Association.

The Israeli medical device company Exalenz Bioscience and the San Diego-based biotechnology company Conatus Pharmaceuticals will collaborate on a clinical trial for a chronic liver disease treatment.

The endoscopic device market is mirroring the growth seen throughout the healthcare field, according to a report released by Research and Markets. 

In 2000, the Institute for Quality Improvement launched its performance measurement and benchmarking initiative to help centers achieve accreditation as well as gain a better understanding of what made certain centers successful.

The American Gastroenterological Association recently released the summer issue of its quarterly publication The New Gastroenterologist.

Here are five gastroenterologists who recently made headlines.

The four-paragraph letter from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's gastroenterologist Harold Bornstein, MD, is still making its way around the Internet.

The Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda Pharmaceutical announced its new Access to Medicines strategy, which aims to increase patient access to the company's gastroenterology and oncology medications.