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.
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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.
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Mercy Clinic Gastroenterology-Patients First Drive in Washington, Mo., added Matthew Gaeta, MD, to its physician team, according to a St. Louis Dispatch report.
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A study published in the journal Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics found the use of surgical fundoplication in patients with GERD has rapidly declined in the United States between 2009 and 2013.
Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD, is a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland. He is the chief of the division of gastroenterology and liver disease and director of the Digestive Health Institute…
On a scale of one to five, GI physicians rated their net worth 2.78, according to the Medscape Physician Debt and Net Worth Report 2016.
A new study, published in Liver Transplantation, examined the prevalence of steatosis in adult liver transplantation recipients, to determine the effects of significant steatosis on patient survival.
In an effort to ensure that all patients with hepatitis C virus have access to the best treatment, the American Academy of Family Physicians is pressing CMS to help end restrictions that prevent primary care physicians from exercising their clinical…