GI & Endoscopy

Here are three gastroenterology/endoscopy devices that received FDA 510(k) clearance in the first month of 2015.

David Gill, CFO of EndoChoice, has been appointed to the board of directors and chairman of the audit committee of regenerative medicine company Histogenics.

Medicine has so many different facets; providers' attention is pulled in different directions every day. So much so, many have argued medicine has lost its core focus: the patient.

Primrose Healthcare, a company focused on hepatitis C treatments, has formed a new medical advisory board.

In an editorial published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Blaise Polite, MD, of the University of Chicago Medical Center, discussed a recent study that found that lack of education leads to disparities in mortality rates from colorectal cancer.

Priti Bijpuria, MD, is a gastroenterologist practicing at Ellicott City-based Capital Digestive Care's Maryland Digestive Disease Center. She also provides care at Ambulatory Endoscopy Center of Maryland in Laurel and Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Md.  

Salix Pharmaceuticals has promoted William P. Forbes, PharmD, to chief development officer and president of medical, research and development. 


Independent physician practices can still be viable in today’s healthcare environment, but it takes business savvy and perseverance to remain so. Here are five articles for independent gastroenterology practice physicians to read on the state of healthcare and the GI…

Innovation in medicine is consistently sought, incessantly talked about and essential to driving the field forward. Each physician specialty has its own unique pathway to advancement. Phil Doyle, director of marketing – gastroenterology with Olympus America's Medical Systems Group, shares…

Faisal M. Bhinder, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Capital Digestive Care's Birns, Gloger & Witten, MD, in Rockville, Md. He has previously served as chief of the gastroenterology division and director of endoscopy at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick,…