John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF, president of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute, recently travelled to Capitol Hill to discuss some of the most pressing issues in gastroenterology, according to an AGA Washington Insider report.
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The American Gastroenterological Association has partnered with the CDC in an effort to educate the public on the risks of tobacco use and its association with colorectal cancer, according to an AGA eDigest report.
The American Gastroenterological Research Foundations has received a $2.25 million gift that will fuel neuroenteric disease research opportunities.
Every physician is called upon to fill multiple roles, and those roles become only more complex and demanding as a career progresses. Physicians find themselves practicing in their office, at a surgery center and hospital; conducting clinical research; taking on…
Peter V. Draganov, MD, is a professor of medicine in the gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition division at University of Florida Health in Gainesville. He is a past president of the Florida Gastroenterologic Society. He is a member of the American…
Boston Scientific received FDA 510(k) clearance for its SpyGlass DS Direct Visualization System.
Exact Sciences has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2014 and full-year. Here are six things to know from the report.
Michael Nathanson, MD, PhD, has been named the Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn.
A patient of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles has filed a lawsuit against Olympus in regards to the recent carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae outbreak linked to contaminated duodenoscopes, according to a Bloomberg Business report. Here are three things to…
Anthony J. DiMarino Jr., MD, is chair of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology and director of the Celiac Center at Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia. He is also the William Rorer Professor of Medicine at Jefferson. He is board-certified…
