GI & Endoscopy

University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas has opened its $2.5 million, 25,000-square-foot Center for Diagnostic and Advanced Endoscopy, according to an El Paso Times report.

The Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates has issued the "Reuse of Single-Use Critical Medical Devices" statement that officially defines critical medical devices, original devices, reusable medical devices, reprocessing, reprocessed single-use devices and single-use devices, according to an EndoNurse report.

Here are six statistics on the amount of time gastroenterologists spend with each patient, according to the Medscape Gastroenterologist Compensation Report: 2013.

Uma Sundaram, MD, has been named director of the Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center at Cabell Huntington (W. Va.) Hospital and vice dean for clinical and translational sciences at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, according to a…

Andrew Bain, MD, has joined the University at Buffalo (N.Y.) staff as a clinical assistant profess of gastroenterology.

Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has named Ivor Hill, MD, MB, ChB, DCH, FCP (SA), FAAP, board-certified pediatric gastroenterologist, as the medical director of its Celiac Disease Center.

Here are eight statistics on gastroenterology and endoscopy revenue per case in ambulatory surgery centers based on number of operating rooms, according to VMG's Intellimaker ASC Benchmarking Survey 2011. The data was gathered from 375, 219 multispecialty ASCs performing GI…

Second Genome, San Bruno, Calif.-based microbiome therapeutic products company, has announced a partnership with Janssen Biotech designed to develop a novel treatment for ulcerative colitis.

After neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons and cardiologists, gastroenterologists are generally the next highest-compensated physician specialty, earning upwards of $520,000 per year.

Ronald Vender, MD, board-certified gastroenterologist and president of the American College of Gastroenterology, recently wrote a letter responding to "The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill" article that included colonoscopy as a leading cause of high medical costs, according to a report…