The FDA recently revealed, after a year-long investigation, that as many as 350 patients at 41 facilities in the United States and overseas have been infected by tainted scopes between Jan. 1, 2010 and Oct. 31, 2015, according to Gastroenterology…
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Vance Rodgers, MD, a gastroenterologist with Central Coast Gastroenterology in San Luis Obispo, Calif., offerd advice to GI physicians moving into employed positions, as reported by the American Gastroenterological Association.
Robert Burakoff, MD, is a gastroenterologist and clinical chief of the division of gastroenterology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He is also the director of the Center for Digestive Health at the hospital. Dr. Burakoff previously served as…
Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of April 18 to April 22.
Risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatitis C virus cure, though significantly reduced, remains relatively high at 0.33 percent per year, according to a study in Hepatology.
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Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia named Benjamin Krevsky, MD, MPH, chief of the section of gastroenterology.
In a study published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Boston identified a new molecular pathway critical for maintaining the smooth muscle tone that allows the passage of materials through the digestive…
United Health Services, a healthcare system network based in Binghamton, N.Y., has adopted endoscopy ultrasonography to view the GI tract, according to Press & Sun-Bulletin.
Graham F. Barnard, MD, PhD, is a gastroenterologist and the director of liver transplantation at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass. He is also an associate professor of medicine and biochemistry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in…
Three gastroenterologists discuss best practices for infection control at their endoscopy centers and hospitals, and how they're able to stay at the forefront of providing quality patient care.