GI & Endoscopy

Saint Thomas Health in Nashville, Tenn., has added two new physicians, including gastroenterologist Brett Inglis, MD, according to a Nashville Ledger report.

The gastroenterologists at La Peer Health Systems in Beverly Hills, Calif., are now using Transoral Incisionless Surgery to treat chronic gastroesophageal acid reflux disease.

The gastroenterology-specific electronic health record provider gMed selected Maryland-based Secure Exchange Solutions as a healthcare data exchange partner.

Here are six gastroenterologists talking about big challenges in the field today in ambulatory surgery centers.

  A recent study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology has linked inflammatory bowel disease flare-ups and bouts of infectious gastroenteritis to heat waves.

Illinois Gastroenterology Group, based in Elgin, will acquire Geneva, Ill.-based Gastrointestinal Health Associates, a four-physician practice, according to a Chicago Healthcare Daily report.

Medigus' board of directors has named Christopher Rowland as the endoscopy technology company's chief executive officer, according to a Globes report.

  Given Imaging received FDA 510(k) clearance for the PillCam SB 3, a device used to detect and monitor small bowel abnormalities from Crohn's disease, as well as obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and iron deficiency anemia.

  Physicians at Gem Hospital and Research Centre in India have successfully treated six patients with achalasia cardia, according to a Manorama Online report.

  Munich-based Elsevier launched its Video Journal and Encyclopedia of GI Endoscopy for physicians and scientists.