Mechanical engineer Peitro Valdastri, PhD, with Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., has received a $1.5 million grant to develop a magnetic capsule endoscope for colonoscopy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
GI & Endoscopy
Here are seven gastroenterologists who were featured in the news during the last week.
Gastroenterologist David Gottesman, MD, has joined Cleveland Clinic, according to a Cleveland Jewish News report.
Juliane Bingener, MD, professor of surgery and vice chair for quality, safety and service in the department of surgery at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minn., has joined the Titan Medical surgeon advisory board.
More than 50 million endoscopies are performed each year in the United States, according to a Medscape report. Though the risk of transmission of infection is during endoscopy is low, some patient exposure to blood-borne pathogens and drug-resistant pathogens has…
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The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has granted the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee a $1.8 million grant to study chronic pelvic pain, according to a Wauwatosa Now report.
The Washington State Medical Association recently announced its newly elected board members.
Colonoscopy has come under attack as an unnecessarily expensive procedure and much of the public scrutiny has focused on payment to physicians. But, should physicians be paid less for the procedure?