GI & Endoscopy

On Sept. 17, more than 60 members of the American Gastroenterological Association traveled to Capitol Hill for the organization's Advocacy Day.

Gilead Sciences is in the process of evaluating its approved hepatitis C drug Sovaldi used in combination with the experimental NS5A inhibitor velpatasvir, according to a Medscape report.

The FDA granted six gastroenterology and endoscopy devices FDA 510(k) clearance in August.

Kathleen E. Corey, MD, MPH, is director of Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital's Fatty Liver Clinic in the gastrointestinal unit and co-director of the MGH Weight Center. She is also an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston. She…

SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y., added Divey Manocha, MBBS, to its physician team, according to a report by The Post-Standard.

TheGIConnection, one of OMNI Health Media's disease-focused online communities, and Suburban Gastroenterology, based in Naperville, Ill., have established the SGI Health Connection, an online support community for individuals with gastrointestinal conditions.

Advanced Gastroenterology, based in The Woodlands, Texas, has joined the larger GI group Greater Houston Gastroenterology, according to a Kingwood report.

Mark E. Efrusy, DO, FACG, practices with Consultants in Gastroenterology in Munster, Ind. He is the director of the post-doctoral training program in gastroenterology at Franciscan St. James Health in Chicago Heights, Ill. He serves as a professor of medicine…

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Sept. 14 to Sept. 18.

Modernizing Medicine, the developer of Electronic Medical Assistant, has closed a $38 million Series E financing round.