Gastroenterologists, like all physicians, are focused on patient care in their specialty, from inflammatory bowel disease and Barrett's esophagus to colorectal cancer screening and liver disease. Here are eight gastroenterologists who have invented devices and treatments applicable to their field…
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Brett Bernstein, MD, is the director of endoscopy, division of digestive diseases at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York. He is also the medical director of Eastside Endoscopy in New York. Additionally, he is the chief quality officer for…
Here are six recent must-reads on gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Continental Who's Who, a publisher of business leader biographies, has named gastroenterologist Douglas M. Weissman, MD, FACP, its 2014 to 2015 Prominent Physician of the Year.
Norton Healthcare, based in Louisville, Ky., has become the first Kentucky healthcare system to offer the non-invasive stool-based colorectal cancer screening test Cologuard, according to a WHAS 11 abc news report.
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Mauna Kea Technologies announced the final results of a clinical trial assessing the use of probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy in the diagnosis of biliary cancer during ERCP.
Rudolph Bedford, MD, practices with Southern California Gastroenterology Group in Santa Monica and is the director of pancreatico-biliary services at University of California Los Angeles. He also serves as president of Southern California Society of Gastroenterology.
The controversy surrounding the price tag of brand name hepatitis C drugs has been raging since the treatments entered the market. Now, there could be a different option. Gilead Sciences plans to allow generic drug makers to produce a new…
US Endoscopy has released its Roth Net retriever – mini polyp, according to an EndoNurse report.
Here are five recent GI/endoscopy company news updates.