Thomas J Hirai, MD, has partnered with Advanced Surgical Associates in San Jose, Calif., and will lead the practice's bariatric surgery services.
GI & Endoscopy
St. Luke's Institute of Digestive and Liver Disease in the Philippines will host the Liver and Gastroenterology International Symposium from June 1 to 2, according to a GMA News Online report.
In a recent white paper, Colon Prep Center discusses the difficulty in regulating and explaining the colonoscopy preparation process, which is largely patients' responsibility. Colon Prep Center directs the entire bowel prep process from sending patients educational material to answering…
Prometheus Laboratories, San Diego-based pharmaceutical and diagnostic products company, presented 18 abstracts focused on inflammatory bowel disease treatment and diagnostic technologies data.
AbbVie, North Chicago, Ill.-based pharmaceutical research and development company, is working with Galapagos, Mechelen, Belgium-based pharmaceutical company, to test if Janus kinase inhibitor can be used as a Chrohn's disease treatment, according to a Zenopa report.
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Covidien, Mansfield, Mass.-based healthcare products company, has announced the results of a clinical trial designed to test the efficacy of its Barrx RF Ablation System as a Barrett's esophagus treatment.
Gastroenterologists Richard Zelner, MD, of Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley, Calif.; Lawrence Kosinski, MD, MBA, Managing Partner of the Illinois Gastroenterology Group in Elgin; Bob Cleary, MD, of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich.; and…
PENTAX Medical, Montvale, N.J.-based endoscopic imaging company, has announced the release of its HI VISION Preirus ultrasound scanner.
The American Gastroenterological Association has awarded Chung Owyang the Julius Friedenwald Medal and Grace Elta, MD, the Distringuished Clinician Award, according to a UofMHealth report.
PENTAX Medical, a Montvale, N.J.-based endoscopic imaging company, has announced its reaffirmed partnership with Hitachi-Aloka Medical, Wallingford, Conn.-based diagnostic ultrasound company, will focus on the development of endoscopic ultrasound systems.