GI & Endoscopy

Bryan Feyen, DO, has joined the gastroenterology department at McFarland Clinic in Ames, Iowa, according to an Ames Tribune report.

David Pound, MD, has been selected as a recipient of Indianapolis-based Franciscan St. Francis Health Group's 2015 Distinguished Service Award, according to a Daily Journal report.

David D. Hess, MD, is a practicing gastroenterologist with Cincinnati GI. He is also the current medical director of Endoscopy Center West in Cincinnati. He is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology, Ohio State Medical…

Here are three gastroenterologists who recently made headlines.

Houston Academy of Medicine appointed Alan Glombicki, MD, as president, according to a Your Houston News report.

Athos Bousvaros, MD, is the associate chief of the division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition and associate director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Boston Children's Hospital. He is also an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School…

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy honored the endoscopy unit at St. Lawrence Health System's Canton-Potsdam Hospital in Potsdam, N.Y., under its Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program.

UC San Diego Health and Sharp HealthCare in San Diego have partnered to establish a joint program to enhance liver transplantation services in San Diego.

uBiome added pediatric gastroenterologist Michael Docktor, MD, to its scientific advisory board.

Dublin, Ireland-based Allergen had positive phase III results in its Viberzi study for treating irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, according to Wallstreet.org. The New England Journal of Medicine published the results in its Jan. 21 issue.