GI & Endoscopy

Here are five statistics on the case, costs and mortality rates associated with gastrointestinal disease in the United States, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information report Burden of Gastrointestinal Disease in the United States: 2012 Update.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has named Leo Treyzon, MD, MS, a gastroenterologist with outpatient surgery center La Peer Health Systems, its Clinical Chief of Gastroenterology.

University of Pennsylvania Medicine celebrated the naming of the Wilmott-Barna Center for Endoscopic Innovation, Research and Training, a center established through a gift from Timothy Wilmott and his wife Nancy Barna.

Rockford Digestive Health Endoscopy Center in North Carolina has received conditional approval for a license to operate as an ambulatory surgery center, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.

In a recent study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, researchers examine the link between withdrawal time in colonoscopy and increased polyp and adenoma detection.  

David P. Magner, MD, board-certified surgeon and colorectal surgeon, recently joined La Peer Health Systems, an outpatient surgery center in Beverly Hills, Calif.

University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha announced that it is involved in an international registry that's evaluating treatments for hepatitis C.

Valley Medical Group, a part of Ridgewood, N.J.-based Valley Health System, announced the addition of Arthur S. Antler, MD, to its medical staff.

EndoChoice announced that its Fuse Full Spectrum Endoscopy system has been featured in continuing medical education courses for gastroenterologists from around the world.

Coastal Children's Services in Wilmington, N.C., announced the appointment of pediatric gastroenterologist Katherine Louise Becker Freeman, MD, to its medical staff, according to a Wilmington Biz report.