GI & Endoscopy

Colonoscopy is one of the most common outpatient procedures. A study published in the journal Gastroenterology set out to understand how colonoscopy quality varies between outpatient facilities.

Craig Cender, MD, joined Asheville (N.C.) Gastroenterology Associates in 2004. He is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Buncombe County Medical Society and North Carolina Medical Society.

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Jan. 4 to Jan. 8, 2016.

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…