GI & Endoscopy

From payment issues to new technology and superbugs to company news, here are 10 of the biggest stories to break in the gastroenterology and endoscopy field this year.

Michelle Beilstein, MD, is a gastroenterologist practicing at The Oregon Clinic in Tualatin. She is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and American College of Gastroenterology.

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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.