Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston has become the first hospital in the United States to acquire the SpyGlass Digital System to perform endoscopic procedures.
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The American Gastroenterological Association has named its inaugural class of the Future Leaders Program.
Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York has named gastroenterologist Ira Jacobson, MD, chairman of the department of medicine.
The Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates has joined the several other professional physician and infection prevention organizations and released a statement on infection transmission through ERCP duodenoscopes, according to an EndoNurse report.
Here are four gastroenterology and endoscopy devices that received FDA 510(k) clearance in February.
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Hashem El-Serag, MD, MPH, is a professor of medicine and chief of the gastroenterology and hepatology section at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He holds a number of leadership positions, including the GI section chief at Michael E. DeBakey…
NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, N.Y., joined the nationwide "80% by 2018" program, according to a report by The Journal News.
The global market for endoscopy systems is expected to reach a value of $6.1 billion by 2020, according to a Global Industry Analysts report. Here are five things to know about the market and its projects growth.
A number of professional GI societies and the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research will host the two-day workshop Gastroenterology Regulatory Endpoints and the Advancement of Therapeutics on March 30 to March 31.