GI & Endoscopy

Personalized medicine includes creating individual medical treatment plans for patients based on molecular, genomic and related data.

University Hospitals in Cleveland have appointed Jeffrey Peters, MD, as COO, effective March 31, according to a Cleveland Crain's Business report.

W. Travis Dierenfeldt, MD, a solo gastroenterologist in private practice shares his thoughts on how healthcare consolidation and reform are affecting the field.

Here are five recent updates on the American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association and American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Here are eight gastroenterologists recently stepping into new roles or receiving industry honors.

Cernostics announced that it has partnered with the Academic Medical Center in the Netherlands, which will allow the cancer diagnostics company access to one of the largest Barrett's esophagus patient registries.

Colon cancer mortality rates have been steadily decreasing for years, but 7.2 to 9 percent of cases are interval colorectal cancer, cases which occur 6 to 36 months after a colonoscopy screening.

Cape Regional Physicians Associates Gastroenterology Practice recently opened its new practice location in the Cape Regional Medical Commons in Cape May Court House, N.J., according to a Cape May County Herald.com report.

Intercoastal Medical Group, based in Florida, has added board-certified gastroenterologist Ramon Colina, MD, according to a Bradenton Herald report.

In a recent study published in Cancer Prevention Research, researchers identified a serum glycan that has the potential to serve a diagnostic tool that would differentiate between patients with gastric cancer and patients with non-atrophic gastritis.