GI & Endoscopy

A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine indicates that vegetarians may be at lower risk for colorectal cancer than non-vegetarians, according to a Medscape report.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford University School of Medicine named Mary Hawn, MD, the new chair of the department of surgery, effective July 1.

Francis A. Farraye, MD, is the clinical director of the gastroenterology section and co-director of the Center for Digestive Disorders at Boston Medical Center. He is also a professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. He is a…

Kenneth Cox, MD, is retiring from the CMO position at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Children's Health and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford.

Gastroenterologist Vinay Sood, DO, has joined the medical team at Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., according to a report by The Record News.

CMS has created G-codes for 10 lower GI/endoscopy procedures in an effort to allow providers to report Medicare procedures in CY 2015 as they did in CY 2014. CMS requires the G-codes be reported for procedures with new CPT code…

Douglas O. Faigel, MD, is a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz. He is president-elect of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. He has previously served as chair of the Quality in Endoscopy Taskforce of…

Patients who continue to use proton pump inhibitors after an initial episode of Clostridium difficile infection remained at an elevated risk of CDI recurrence, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The future is difficult to predict, particularly in a field as mercurial as healthcare, but looking ahead is a necessary exercise in survival. Six gastroenterologists cast their eyes down the road and paint a picture of what the specialty could…

Here are seven news updates for gastroenterologists to know for March 6, 2015.