GI & Endoscopy

Here are five news updates on key gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.

EndoGastric Solutions named Michael K. Burke CFO.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University researchers are using gene-based tests and a fixed set of clinical criteria to better distinguish precancerous cysts from less harmful cysts.

FUJIFILM named two new executives to the leadership team.

Manish Thapar, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia. He previously served as medical director of liver transplant at Hahnemann University…

Zahangir Khaled, MD, is a recipient of the Rock Doc Awards at the Illinois CancerCare Foundation's annual CUREageous fundraiser, according to a Journal Star report.

Camden, N.J.-based Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center and Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology are partnering to expand liver disease services to South New Jersey residents, according to SNJ Today.

Ziyad Wadi, MD, was named medical director of gastroenterology and hepatology for Nanticoke Health Services in Delaware, according to a Cape Gazette report.

Here are five things to know about colon cancer deaths based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and reported by NPR.

Dominic Nompleggi, MD, is chief of the gastroenterology division at UMass Memorial Medical Center and an associate professor of medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School, both located in Worcester. He is also director of Adult Nutrition Support Services at…