GI & Endoscopy

Florida Hospital Physician Group added Iswanto Sucandy, MD, to its staff.

Howard M. Abrams, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist with Arizona Digestive Health.

Here are five updates on gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.

Jeffrey Basile, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist with Charleston (S.C.) GI.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals presented data on the use of vedolizumab for treating ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease at the American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting.

As hospitals and health systems see an unfortunate rise in the number of patients treated with improperly processed endoscopes, Dawn England, MD, shared several implementable methods with Infection Control Today.

John Hopkins Hospital is taking a different approach to hepatitis C virus infections and is seeing higher patient adherence rates and improved outcomes, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News reports.

A study presented at United European Gastroenterology Week found that MOTUS GI's Pure-Vu System effectively cleans poorly-prepared colons during colonoscopy procedure, so that colorectal cancer screening can take place.

Douglas A. Corley, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist with Kaiser Permanente at San Francisco Medical Center.

A minimally invasive approach to abdominal procedures to treat cancer may be a viable alternative to open procedures, a new study presented at the 2016 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons claims.