GI & Endoscopy

Manufacturer of the single-use computer-assisted colonoscopy system, invendo medical, appointed Markus Fieber as its chief operating officer and Martin Giersiepen as chief technology officer.

Boston Scientific has given a $600,000 unrestricted grant over three years to the American Gastroenterological Association to fund the AGA Research and Technology Initiative.

Just days after announcing its closure, Valley Gastroenterology of Southwest Virginia in Salem confirmed its physicians will be joining Carilion Clinic Gastroenterology in Roanoke and forming a new fellowship program, according to The Roanoke Star.

After convening Monday, an FDA advisory panel informally supported the use of CT colonography screenings for colon cancer in asymptomatic patients, calling the method just as good for large polyps as an optical colonoscopy, according to a Med Page Today…

Gastroenterologist Dennis Ng, MD, joined Ferrell-Duncan Clinic in Springfield, Mo., according to a News-Leader report.

Valley Gastroenterology of Southwest Virginia in Salem, an independent gastroenterology practice, closed recently, according to a report in The Roanoke Times.

The GI Quality Improvement Consortium, a benchmarking registry sponsored by the American College of Gastroenterology and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, has expanded its endoscopic quality registry to also include upper GI endoscopy-related quality measures.

The FDA will review the effectiveness of CT colonography screenings when its Gastroenterology-Urology and Radiological Devices panels meet next week, according to a Med Page Today report.

Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles have identified a new form of irritable bowel syndrome that is spurred by acute bouts of diverticulitis, according to a Health Canal report.

The American College of Gastroenterology has updated its guidelines for the management of acute pancreatitis, and they will appear in the September issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology.