GI & Endoscopy

Steve G. Venturatos, MD, entered into private practice at New Orleans-based Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates in 1983. He is a member of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy as well as the American Gastroenterology Association.

Here are five recent gastroenterologist moves.

Here are four recent news updates on gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.

Infection prevention in the GI setting has garnered a lot of attention lately due to a number of infectious disease outbreaks linked to duodenoscopes. The Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates has released the "Standard of Infection Prevention in the…

Medscape has released the first part of its "50 Most Influential Physicians in History" list. The list includes pioneers in genetics, physiology, oncology, infectious disease and more. Gastroenterology Joseph Kirsner, MD, PhD, is amongst the 15 physicians on the list.…

Dahlia Awais, MD, joined Minneapolis-based Minnesota Gastroenterology in January 2013. She previously served as an attending gastroenterologist at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, where she was a member of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center.

Cologuard is the brainchild of David Ahlquist, MD, a non-invasive at-home test for colon cancer, according to a CBS Minnesota report.

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has launched a new research center to better understand nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Here are three gastroenterology and endoscopy devices that received FDA 510 (k) clearance in January.

Katherine Schuver Garman, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine and gastroenterologist at Durham, N.C.-based Duke Medicine. She is also a member of the Duke Cancer Institute.