GI & Endoscopy

Gastroenterology Group of Naples (Fla.) has added a new gastroenterologist to its team this month, according to a Naples News report. 

Cologuard, Exact Sciences' stool DNA based colorectal cancer screen test, has new modeling data supporting a three-year testing interval.

Howard Hack, MD, is a gastroenterologist practicing at Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System. He is a member of the American Gastroenterology Association, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and American Medical Association. He is board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology.

Here are six gastroenterologists who recently made headlines.

Chromoendoscopy is better than random biopsy or white-light colonoscopy in detecting dysplasia in inflammatory bowel diseases patients, according to a long-term surveillance study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

EndoChoice has released its unaudited, preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2015.

Michael Kimmey, MD, is a gastroenterologist practicing at Tacoma, Wash.-based CHI Franciscan Health. He has been active in a number of gastroenterology-based professional societies. He is a past president of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. He was a faculty…

EndoChoice Holdings entered into a distribution agreement with Chindex Medical.

Here are 51 gastroenterology and endoscopy devices that received FDA 510(k) clearance in 2015.

ASC owner and operator Covenant Surgical Partners plans to continue implementing gMed's gastroenterology-specific software and financial system across its entire enterprise.