Brenda J. Hoffman, MD, is a professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. She is the chief of endoscopic ultrasound, section leader of GI Malignancy for the MUSC…
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The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America launched a new social media campaign in observance of Crohn's & Colitis Awareness Week 2015.
More than half of United States physicians are experiencing professional burnout, according to a study conducted by Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.
EndoGastric Solutions secured additional financing of up to $50 million.
Kalpesh Thakkar, MD, is a pediatric gastroenterologist providing care at Memorial Hermann Medical Group Multi-Specialty Clinic Sugar Land (Texas). He focuses on providing highly personalized care for patients from newborns to 18 years of age.
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PAION initiated a dedicated safety study of Remimazolam in American Society of Anesthesiologists classification III to IV patients undergoing colonoscopy as part of the U.S. Phase III program.
The 2015 CPT manual redefines an incomplete colonoscopy as a "colonoscopy that does not evaluate the entire colon," according to the American Gastroenterological Association.
The GI societies have been advocating for the American Board of Internal Medicine to overhaul its Maintenance of Certification process. Now, ABIM has announced Continuing Medical Education credit from an approved provider can now count as MOC credit, according to…
The landscape for gastroenterologists is constantly changing as the healthcare environment evolves. But there is still substantial benefit for GI physicians outside hospital employment in the future.
James F. Marion, MD, is a professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; and director of education and outreach at the Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at The Mount Sinai Hospital, all…