GI & Endoscopy

John I. Allen, MD, is the clinical chief of gastroenterology and hepatology at Yale Medical Group and professor at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn. He previously served as quality advisor for Minneapolis-based Minnesota Gastroenterology and quality…

EndoGastric Solutions announced the publication of data from the first-ever blinded, randomized clinical study of the Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication procedure, in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute.

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville are working together on an artificial pancreas clinical research study.  

A research team at the University of Arizona in Tucson has developed a novel drug delivery system designed to treat ulcerative colitis in pediatric patients.

Andrew A. Krakauer, CEO of Cantel Medical, has sold 19,140 shares of company stock at an average price of $42.59 per share, according to a Wall Street Pulse report.

Gastroenterology is one of the highest volume ambulatory surgery center specialties. Here are 12 gastroenterologists who serve as medical directors of ASCs.

Edgar Achkar, MD, is a member of Cleveland Clinic's department of gastroenterology and hepatology. He is a past president of the American College of Gastroenterology. He is also a master of the American College of Gastroenterology, a fellow of the…

Elmer, N J.-based Inspira Health Network announced an affiliation with Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University and Health System that will expand a number of Inspira's key clinical programs, including gastroenterology.

The first consensus recommendations on the clinical use of probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy in gastrointestinal applications have been published in the United European Gastroenterology, a peer-reviewed journal, according to Mauna Kea Technologies.

Here are six recent news updates on GI/endoscopy companies.