The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force included Exact Sciences' Cologuard in its final 2016 colorectal cancer screening recommendations and clarified Cologuard's position as equal to other recommended screening tests.
GI & Endoscopy
Gastroenterologist W. Kirk Mullins, MD, joined Merit Health Natchez (Miss.).
Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of June 20 to June 24, 2016.
Hemant Roy, MD, serves as the chief of gastroenterology and professor of medicine at Boston Medical Center. He has been a faculty member at BMC since 2013.
Haywood Regional Medical Center in Clyde, N.C., added gastroenterologist Paul Levy, MD, to Mountain Medical Associates, also in Clyde.
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GI Dynamics announced the final results of its ENDO Trial, the clinical trial for its EndoBarrier therapy in the United States.
William J. Bulsiewicz, MD, joined Lowcountry Gastroenterology Associates in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., according to The Post and Courier.
Boston-based Brigham & Women's Hospital researcher found laparotompy procedures had the highest mortality rates among other emergency general surgeries, according to Medscape Multispecialty.
Here are nine things to know about the GI Quality Improvement Consortium and its national registry, from the consortium's website and Becker's ASC Review.
Hudson Garrett, PhD, is PENTAX Medical's new global chief clinical officer.