GI & Endoscopy

Healthcare is a complex field, but sometimes it seems one change could make a big difference. One GI physicians shares what he wishes he could change for the better of healthcare and the gastroenterology field.

Medical device company Slater Endoscopy has released its ENSIZOR Endoscopic Scissors with Patented Edge Flex Technology with applications for endoscopic GI procedures, particularly bariatric surgery.

The American College of Gastroenterology will honor 23 gastroenterologists and GI practices with its first annual SCOPY Awards at ACG 2015 in Honolulu on Oct. 18.

Johnston Health, based in Smithfield, N.C., plans to build a new endoscopy center to provide colorectal cancer screening for an underserved area, according to a Triangle Business Journal report.

Due North, a healthcare startup, is licensing technology first developed by gastroenterologist David Lieberman, MD, in the late 1999s, according to a Portland Business Journal report.

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Oct. 5 to Oct. 9.

Mesa, Ariz., is now home to a new osteopathic gastroenterology fellowship program.

Visalia (Calif.) Medical Clinic has added gastroenterologist Charles Oberer, MD, to its team, according to The Fresno Bee. 


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

James Dimitroff, MD, joined St. Louis Gastroenterology Consultants in 1994, where he currently practices. He is also section chief of gastroenterology and medical director of the Endoscopy Laboratory at Saint Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis, and he holds a…