GI & Endoscopy

Houston Academy of Medicine appointed Alan Glombicki, MD, as president, according to a Your Houston News report.

Athos Bousvaros, MD, is the associate chief of the division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition and associate director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Boston Children's Hospital. He is also an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School…

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy honored the endoscopy unit at St. Lawrence Health System's Canton-Potsdam Hospital in Potsdam, N.Y., under its Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program.

UC San Diego Health and Sharp HealthCare in San Diego have partnered to establish a joint program to enhance liver transplantation services in San Diego.

uBiome added pediatric gastroenterologist Michael Docktor, MD, to its scientific advisory board.

Dublin, Ireland-based Allergen had positive phase III results in its Viberzi study for treating irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, according to Wallstreet.org. The New England Journal of Medicine published the results in its Jan. 21 issue.

David Greenwald, MD, is the director of clinical gastroenterology and endoscopy at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He is also a professor of clinical medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a medical director at the Advanced…

Here are four recent news updates on gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.

Around a third of gastroenterologists admit to having bias toward certain groups of patients and 5 percent admit that their bias affects the treatment they offer, according to Medscape Gastroenterology Lifestyle Report 2016: Bias and Burnout.

Tokyo-based PENTAX Medical, a leader in endoscopic imaging, participated in Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health's Mbarara Gastrointestinal Unit Program and donated a complete endoscopy tower consisting of a video gastroscope, a video processor and a monitor.