GI & Endoscopy

Context Matters, a company offering a data-driven software platform designed to answer questions in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, has named Paul Greenberg, MD, to its board of advisers.

Cerebain Biotech, a Discount Dental Materials subsidiary, has announced the appointment of Surinder Saini, MD, board-certified gastroenterologist, as the chairman of the company's scientific advisory board.

Surgeons and gastroenterologists at the University of California Los Angeles have been performing CELS, a new minimally invasive procedure, to remove large and difficult to reach polyps in the colon, according to a News Medical report.

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.