GI & Endoscopy

Here are 12 gastroenterologists that have recently taken on new leadership roles or received an honor in their field.

Covenant Endoscopy Center in Lubbock, Texas, will host a colonoscopy clinic on April 26, according to a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal report.

Board-certified gastroenterologist Razi Arifuddin, MD, has joined Annadel Medical Group, a part of St. Joseph Healthcare, in Santa Rose, Calif., according to a North Bay Business Journal report.

Seven gastroenterologists from across the United States share how they are using benchmarking to improve colonoscopy quality.

The American Gastroenterological Association has voiced its opposition of the one-year sustainable growth rate patch included in HR 4302, but the AGA supports the provision of the bill that would delay ICD-10 until Oct. 1, 2015.

In a recent study published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, researchers set out to examine the prevalence, trends and risk factors associated with fecal incontinence in the United States.

Seven gastroenterologists from across the United States share how they are using benchmarking to improve colonoscopy quality.

Exact Sciences has announced the FDA Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee unanimously voted to approve its stool-based DNA colorectal cancer screening test Cologuard.

Preventing Colorectal Cancer, a not-for-profit advocacy group, announced its 2014 PCC Champion Awards for Colorectal Cancer Prevention, including Aasma Shaukat, MD, a gastroenterologist and clinical researcher with Minneapolis VA Medical Center.

On February 29, 2000, President Bill Clinton declared March 2000 National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Since then March has been a focal point for medical societies, non-profit organizations, physicians and ambulatory surgery centers in the effort to promote screening and…