GI & Endoscopy

John C. Fang, MD, chief of the division of gastroenterology at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, discusses the costs and benefits of CT colonography.

The organizations Beyond Celiac, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Dr. Schar USA have awarded Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center a $20,000 grant to fund a celiac disease pilot program.

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.