GI & Endoscopy

Imtiaz Mohamed, MD, board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, has joined the Essentia Health-Duluth (Minn.) Clinic's Digestive Health Center.

 The FDA has granted NinePoint Medical's NvisionVLE Imaging System an additional FDA 510(k) clearance for the endoscopic imaging of esophageal tissue microstructure, according to a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report.

Olympus Medical Systems Group, medical and surgical technology solutions company, displayed its ENDOEYE FLEX 5 at the 2013 Premier Health Care Alliance Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition.

Here are five statistics on gastroenterologists' plans for Medicare and Medicaid patient care, according to the Medscape Gastroenterologist Compensation Report: 2013.

Blair Jobe, MD, is leading a West Penn Allegheny Health System clinical trial of the CryoBalloon Focal Ablation System as a treatment for Barrett's Esophagus, according to a HealthCanal report.

Here are 11 statistics on gastroenterologist compensation by practice setting, according to the Medscape Gastroenterologist Compensation Report: 2013.

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…