GI & Endoscopy

Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., has appointed gastroenterologist Paul Mustacchia, MD, as chairman of the department of medicine, according to a Newsday report.

Researchers from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill recently published a report on the prevalence of GI, liver and pancreatic diseases in the United States, according to the American Gastroenterological Association.

In 2014, 4 percent of the total gastroenterology fellowship applicants were matched with osteopathic programs, according to the American College of Gastroenterology.

Vivek Kaul, MD, is chief of the department of medicine, gastroenterology/hepatology and the Segal-Watson Professors of Medicine at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center.

Here are five gastroenterology-related company acquisitions and partnerships that took place within the last month.

The American Board of Internal Medicine has released the report A Vision for Certification in Internal Medicine in 2020.

Walid Ayoub, MD, is the assistant medical director of liver transplantation at the Liver Disease and Transplant Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He also serves as a clinical professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of…

Antihypertensive drug use may be a risk factor for colorectal polyps, according to a study published in the Journal of Digestive Diseases.

HOYA Group PENTAX Medical has acquired an interest in Creo Medical, a U.K.-based electrosurgical energy devices company.

Gastrointestinal & Liver Specialists of Tidewater in Norfolk, Va., is collaborating with HyGleaCare to open a new HyGleaCare Center.