GI & Endoscopy

The American Board of Internal Medicine has granted Kyle Eliason, MD, board certification in gastroenterology and hepatology, according to a Bismarck Tribune report. 

The combination drug elbasvir/grazoprevir (Zepatier) from Merck has received FDA approval, according to a Medscape report. 

This month, American Gastroenterological Association Institute President Michael Camilleri, MD, traveled to Capitol Hill to advocate for the specialty.

Fraser, MI, February 1, 2016 - Healthmark Industries has announced the addition of the Scope Holder to their GI product line.

David Pound, MD, is a practicing gastroenterologist at Indianapolis Gastroenterology and Hepatology and president of the Indianapolis Gastroenterology Research Foundation. He also provides care with Indianapolis-based Franciscan St. Francis Health Group, where he is a member of the credentials committee.…

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A practicing gastroenterologist shares four of the biggest highlights of his career thus far.

Gastrointestinal & Liver Specialists of Tidewater in Suffolk, Va., now has exclusive access to the HyGleaCare Center in Norfolk, Va. 

Though colonoscopy is often performed with anesthesia, a recent study published in the journal Gastroenterology has found sedation increases risk of complications. 

Emeran Mayer, MD, is director of the University of California Los Angeles Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress and co-director of CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center at UCLA. He is board-certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine.