GI & Endoscopy

Virginia-based Sovah Health announced July 3 that gastroenterologist Kimberly Beavers, MD, will be joining its medical staff, according to WSET News. 

In wake of lowering recommended age for colonoscopies from 50 to 45, increased demand for colonoscopies and rising rates of colon cancer among people younger than 55, colonoscopies have become hot topic in healthcare — regardless of care setting.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has completed a five-story medical office building dedicated to digestive health, according to a July 9 report from the Argus Leader.

Healthcare billionaire Timothy Springer, PhD, a founding investor in Moderna and a professor of biochemistry at Boston-based Harvard Medical School, is about to see nine-digit growth of his net worth thanks to a new acquisition from pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly. 

Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly plans to acquire Morphic, a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in treating gastroenterology patients, for $3.2 billion. 

Medtech company Insign Medical Technology and artificial intelligence company AAEON have partnered to develop an AI-assisted endoscopy system. 

The rate of colonoscopies performed by family physicians decreased between 2016 and 2021, according to a 2024 study published in the Journal of Rural Health.

Sunnyvale-based Texas Digestive Disease Consultants has added gastrointestinal disease specialist Charles McDaniel, MD. 

Many patients are still paying out of pocket for colonoscopy bowel prep despite a federal law stating it should be covered by insurance, according to a study led by Eric Shah, MD, at Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan.  

Gastroenterology procedures make up 10 of the 25 most common procedures performed at ASCs, and leaders continue to look to these procedures to facilitate growth.