GI & Endoscopy

Elmhurst (Ill.) Clinic added gastroenterologist S. Dharan Kumar, MD.

Sri Narra, MD, is a gastroenterologist practicing at Germantown, Tenn.-based Gastro One. She is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. She also works as a GI hospitalist at Baptist…

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

The American Gastroenterological Association has already proposed an alternative to the maintenance of certification proposal: The Gastroenterologist: Accountable Professionalism in Practice. Now, the AGA has surveyed its members on their views on the MOC process.

Gulshan Parasher, MD, is a clinical associate professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He also serves as the director for endoscopic and clinical operations. He serves as a…

The American Gastroenterological Association issued a reminder to GI physicians to contact CMS regarding colonoscopy cuts.

Borland-Groover Clinic, a gastroenterology provider in Palm Coast, Fla., plans to no longer be a participating provider with Blue Cross and Blue Shield, according to a Jacksonville Business Journal.

Edmundo Rodriguez-Frias, MD, has joined the Aton & Riedel gastroenterology practice in Alton, Ill., according to a River Bender report.

Board-eligible pediatric gastroenterologist Patrick Jones, MD, has joined Bronson Pediatric Gastroenterology in Kalamazoo, Mich., according to a mlive report.

Elham Afghani, MD, is assistant director of clinical pancreatology in the Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She is a member of t he American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology and American Pancreatic…