GI & Endoscopy

The American College of Gastroenterology has launched the first annual SCOPY Awards, designed to honor ACG members for efforts made during Colorectal Cancer Awareness month. 

Here are seven news updates for gastroenterologists to know for March 2, 2015.

Steven A. Edmundowicz, MD, is chief of endoscopy, as well as director of interventional endoscopy and a professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He also practices at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis. He is…

Around one-half of hepatitis C virus-infected people born between 1945 and 1965 had severe fibrosis or cirrhosis, according to a study the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention performed with Quest Diagnostics.

Gastroenterologist Heidi Huck, MD, has joined the medical team at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System, based in Mattoon. Ill, according to a Journal Gazette & Times-Courier report.

Here is a stock report on five publically traded GI/endoscopy companies for Feb. 24 to March 2.

Exact Sciences has stated a 3.8 percent gain, 1,018,354 shares, in short interest, according to a Wall Street Pulse report.

Marla C. Dubinsky, MD, is the chief of pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. She previously served as director of the pediatric inflammatory bowel disease center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Belgium-based company CMOSIS plans to open an office in Cary, N.C. under a new subsidiary.

Four gastroenterologists discuss some of the most important moments in their career.