GI & Endoscopy

Francis W. Chan, MD, is a gastroenterologist providing care at Hamden-based Gastroenterology Center of Connecticut. He joined the practice in 2010. He is also affiliated with Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital/Saint Raphael Campus, Milford (Conn.) Hospital and Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Sept. 28 to Oct. 2.

The Ministry of Health set up endoscopy and colonoscopy training through Victoria Hospital in London, according to St. Lucia Times.

Himanshu Verma, MD, joined the Southcoast Physicians Group's gastroenterology department in Fairhaven, Mass., according to Sippican Week.

Hepatic fibrosis may be linked to genetics, based on a study published in Gastroenterology, according to San Diego Health.

Joel V. Weinstock, MD, is the chief of the division of gastroenterology/hepatology at Tufts Medical Center and a professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. He is board-certified by the internal medicine and gastroenterology.

Here are five gastroenterologists who made headlines within the past week.

Florida Hospital Physician Group welcomed Yasser Saloum, MD, to its team.

Vani Konda, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine and director of endoscopic research and endoscopic programs at the Center for Endoscopic Research and Therapeutics at University of Chicago Medicine. She is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology,…

Elmhurst (Ill.) Hospital's endoscopy unit has been recognized by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, according to a Chicago Tribune report.