GI & Endoscopy

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Sept. 21 to Sept. 25.

Patient care is any physician's primary focus: both challenging and rewarding. But, patient care is hardly the only challenge physicians face today. Two gastroenterologists share their struggles outside of the patient care arena.

St. Vincent Medical Group, based in Worcester, Mass., has added gastroenterologist Mariann Padron, MD, to its team, according to a telegram.com report.

Ikuo Hirano is a professor of medicine and director of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He is a fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and American Gastroenterological Association.

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

The new generation of physicians is savvy in the use of multiple social media platforms, and these platforms can be harnessed as tools for medical education.

Lonsurf, a combination of trifluridine and tipiracil in pill form, is designed to treat advanced colorectal cancer patients who have had previous chemotherapy and biologic treatments. The drug has now received FDA approval, according to the American Gastroenterological Association.

Carl D. Frank, MD, is a gastroenterologist practicing at Austin (Texas) Gastroenterology. He is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Physicians, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Texas Society for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy.

A new drug has been developed to treat the "superbug," Clostridium difficile, according to a NBC News report.

Sohail Shaikh, MD, with the Center for Bariatric Endoscopy in Mont Clair, N.J., is the first gastroenterologist to perform the Intragastric Balloon procedure in the Northeastern United States.