Voyance has announced the 2013/2014 National APEX Quality Award winners including endoscopy centers, ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, hospitals and more.
GI & Endoscopy
Abraham Mathew, MD, a professor of medicine in Penn State College of Medicine's division of gastroenterology and hepatology, has been awarded the Graham H. Jeffries Professorship of Medicine.
Cytosponge, which has been in development for years as a diagnostic and monitoring tool for Barrett's esophagus, may be useful for the detection of eosinophilic esophagitis, according to a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report.
The American Medical Association is requesting that CMS allow for more registration and review time before publishing the Sunshine Act database.
Gastroenterologist Scott A. Merkley, MD, has joined the Lexington (Ky.) Clinic gastroenterology department at the Lexington Clinic Ambulatory Surgery Center.
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Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Fla., has added gastroenterologist Manuel Berzosa, MD, to its team, according to a Miami Beach News report.
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A new website, GIphysicians.com, will begin creating a database of gastroenterologists in Georgia, designed to offer patients a streamlined method for selecting a GI physician.
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