GI & Endoscopy

The American Gastroenterological Association Research Foundation and Pfizer are collaborating to offer three new research grants.

A Gastrointestinal Endoscopy study found risk factors for bacteria transmissions and infections from tainted duodenoscopes.

An American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study found vitamin D deficiency was associated with mucosal inflammation in ulcerative colitis patients.

Jacquelyn J. Maher, MD, is a professor of medicine at the University of California in San Francisco and chief of gastroenterology at San Francisco General Hospital. She also serves as director of the UCSF Liver Center.

On June 12, Denver-based gastroenterologist Marshall Freedman, MD, passed away from prostate cancer at 95 years old, according to The Denver Post.

The capsule endoscopy system market is projected to experience significant growth through 2020, according to a WiseGuyReports.com report.

Konstantinos Lazaridis, MD, is a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Joining Mayo Clinic in 2000, Dr. Lazaridis served as a Mayo Foundation Scholar in Genomics in the National Human Genome Research Institute at the…

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of June 27 to July 1, 2016.

Norwalk, Ohio-based Bay Area Gastroenterology is joining Fisher-Titus Medical Care, a provider group affiliated with Norwalk-based Fisher-Titus Medical Center, according to a Norwalk Reflector report.

Health Care Service Corporation, a commercial health insurer, issued a medical coverage policy for EndoGastric Solutions' Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication procedures using the EsophyX device.