GI & Endoscopy

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.

Northfield (Minn.) Hospital & Clinics began construction on a 9,000-square-foot, $6.3 million endoscopy center late last year, according to a Northfield News report.

Nanticoke Physician Network, based in Seaford, Del., has added Khaled F. Elraie, MD, FACG, to its team, according to a CapeGazette report.

Here are 50 statistics on physician median starting salary and average salary at years of practice for gastroenterology and 24 other specialties, according to The Online Database of Graduating Physicians 2013-2014 Physician Salary Survey.

The FDA approved the Maestro Rechargeable System, a pacemaker-like device, for certain obese adults.

On Jan. 16, the FDA released a new draft guidance document on cross contamination in flexible GI endoscopes. Here are four things to know about the guidance.

Colorectal cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer mortality in the United States, can take the form of several different subtypes. A recent study published in the journal Gastroenterology examines five different tumor types and associated mortality rates. Here…

Here are five gastroenterologists who were featured in the news this week.