Stanley H. Lorber, MD, longtime team physician for the Philadelphia 76ers and gastroenterologist at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, passed away, according to a Philly.com report.
GI & Endoscopy
Computer-generated histories of present illness were of higher overall quality, better organized and more useful than with histories written by physicians in gastroenterology clinics, according to a study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Maridine Co, MD, joined Prevea Pediatric Digestive Health at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, Wis., according to a Green Bay Press Gazette report.
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America's IMAGE 1 SPIES Visualization Enhancement Tools system was recognized as a 2014 Innovation of the Year by the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons.
Hattiesburg Clinic Gastroenterology added Michael A. Goebel, MD, to its physician team.
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In December 2014 the a American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and American College of Gastroenterology joint task force released updated quality indictors that span a broad range of GI/endoscopy procedures.