Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Clinic's gastroenterology department added Panayiota Smeathers as an advanced practice registered nurse, according to an Evansville Courier-Press report.
GI & Endoscopy
Gastroenterologists are the third highest earning physicians, behind orthopedics and cardiology, with average compensation of $370,000, according to the Medscape Gastroenterologist Compensation Report 2015. But many factors, including gender, geographical location and practice setting, can affect how much GI physicians…
Medigus, the medical device company behind the MUSE system, has completed its previously announced public offering in Israel.
Stephen Sears, MD, practices with the Centers for Gastroenterology, which he joined in 2008. He performs procedures at the Pinnacle III-affiliated Skyline Endoscopy Center, both located in Loveland, Colo. He is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology and…
Medigus is progressing towards registration for the receipt of China Food and Drug Administration approval.
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Inspira Health Network, based in Woodbury, N.J., and Jefferson Health, based in Philadelphia, announced an affiliation earlier this year, and now the Jefferson Digestive Health at Inspira facility has opened, according to an nj.com report.
March Seabrook, MD, practices with Consultants in Gastroenterology in West Columbia, S.C. Dr. Seabrook is a founding member and past president of the South Carolina Gastroenterology Association as well as past chief of medical staff at Lexington Medical Center in…
Elective colectomy appears to be associated with improved survival as compared to medical therapy among patients with advanced ulcerative colitis, according to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
A recent study published in the journal GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has found that patients whose colorectal cancer is diagnosed during screening colonoscopy have a higher survival rate than those who are diagnosed after having symptom.