GI & Endoscopy

Robert H. Squires Jr., MD, serves as clinical director, division of pediatric gastroenterology and director of hepatology at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is also a professor of pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He has also served…

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy recognized Berks Center for Digestive Health in Wyomissing, Pa., for promoting high-quality endoscopy, according to a Reading Eagle report.

Carl P. Stamm, MD, founded Carolina Mountain Gastroenterology in Hendersonville, N.C., in 1992 and currently serves as its president. He is a member of the American Gastroenterology Association, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the NC Medical Society.

Medigus announced that CMS posted new payment information for endoscopic fundoplication procedures, such as those completed with MUSE (Medigus Ultrasonic Surgical Endostapler).

A group of scientists have come together to call for a public-private initiative focused on understanding the human microbiome. 

Exact Sciences, the company behind Cologuard, hopes to establish a headquarters in Madison, Wis., and is collaborating with the University of Wisconsin in Madison to develop a biotech campus. 

Nader Dababneh, MD, is a practicing gastroenterologist at SIH Medical Group in Carbondale, Ill. He is also affiliated with Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro, Ill., and Herrin (Ill.) Hospital. Pinckneyville (Ill.) Community Hospital also recently…

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Oct. 26 to Oct. 30.

The Federal Register has posted coding and payment information for the new CPT code covering the incisionless fundoplication procedures from EndoGastric Solutions.

Gastroenterologist Rahul S. Dhillon, MD, has joined the physician team at Sparta (Ill.) Community Hospital, according to a Metro-East News report.