GI & Endoscopy

Here are seven statistics on Match Day for GI in 2013, according to the American Gastroenterological Association.

Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla., has acquired the Cellvizio technology platform for biliary and pancreatic disease care.

PENTAX Medical has named David Woods, previously the company's president of the Americas, its new chief marketing officer, effective April 1.

Charlevoix (Mich.) Area Hospital has added gastroenterologist Thomas Tietjen, MD, to its medical team, according to a Charlevoix Courier report.

Here are the five most read gastroenterology/endoscopy articles on Becker's ASC Review for the week of March 16 to March 20.

Francis M. Giardiello, MD, is the Johns G. Rangos, Sr. Professor of Medicine and the program director for the gastrointestinal fellowship at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine. He also directs the Johns Hopkins Colorectal Cancer Registry and Risk Assessment Clinic and…

Pharmaceutical makers are rushing to develop new drugs to treat liver diseases, and in the mean time, smaller companies are looking to develop new ways to test patients in drug trials, according to a Medscape report.

Doctors at St. Joseph's and Crouse hospitals are part of a small group of physicians performing feces transplants to patients who suffer from severe C. diff, which is highly contagious and rampant in healthcare facilities, reports Syracuse.com, and costs U.S.…

The American Gastroenterological Association Diversity Committee will offer an expanded pathway of sessions during Digestive Disease Week to be held May 16 to May 19 in Washington, D.C.

The American Gastroenterological Association Center for GI Innovation held a "Getting to Zero" meeting in regards to infections associated with duodenoscope procedures.