GI & Endoscopy

Here are 18 statistics on gastroenterologists' lifestyles, based on the Medscape Physician Lifestyle Report 2012.

Suffern, N.Y.-based CDx Diagnostics completed a clinical study on its Wide Area Transepithelial Sample for detecting cancer of the biliary tract.

Surgeon Craig E. Amshel, MD, who works out of Brandon Ambulatory Surgery Center, has opened a new satellite office in South Tampa, Fla.

The Gastric Cancer Foundation recently formed a research partnership with the American Gastroenterological Association.

Center Valley, Pa.-based Today Olympus has launched its FDA 510(k)-cleared forward-viewing curvilinear ultrasound gastrovideoscope.

Felice Schnoll-Sussman, MD, has been appointed director of the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital appointed five new physicians, including a gastroenterologist, according to a Greenwich Daily Voice report.

The Gastric Cancer Foundation recently appointed three new members to its board of directors — K. Alice Leun, Paul Gottsegen and Hossein Ghanbari, PhD.

Fujifilm has announced a joint initative with AppDynamics to provide application performance management solutions to outpatient imaging and hospital imaging centers using Fujifilm workflow applications.

Gastroenterologists and endoscopists are beginning to focus more on quality metrics to provide evidence-based treatment for patients.