GI & Endoscopy

Bowel cleansing is a key component of a quality colonoscopy. Inadequate prep can lead to missed lesions and even the need for a repeat colonoscopy.

The move away from the traditional fee-for-service model is putting pressure on physicians to explore alternative routes.

Olympus has launched a new guarantee program for its surgical business that will provide next-day replacements for surgical equipment at no additional charge.

David Perlmutter, MD, has been named dean of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, according to a St. Louis Business Journal report.

Risk stratification has the potential to dramatically change colorectal cancer screening strategies.

Mark A. Schattner, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He is a past president of the New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and a member of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Edward-Elmhurst (Ill.) Healthcare has opened the Walter Payton Liver Center Outreach Clinic in Naperville, Ill., according to a Chicago Tribune report.

Here are 3 GI/endoscopy devices that received FDA 510(k) clearance in June.

Here are 11 gastroenterology and endoscopy-driven centers that have been opened, announced or acquired in 2015.

The gastroenterology field is no stranger to innovation, from the advent of colonoscopy to new, effective treatments for hepatitis C, but what comes next? Two gastroenterologists share what they hope to be the next big step forward in their specialty.