GI & Endoscopy

The Food and Drug Administration granted 6 GI-related 510(k) clearances in February.

Roger El-Hachem, MD, board-certified in internal medicine and trained in gastrointestinal endoscopy, has joined Bridgton Internal Medicine in Maine, according to a report by The Portland Daily Sun.

Albert Ryckman, MD, board certified gastroenterologist, will be closing his Albany, Ore., practice of 26 years, according to an Albany Democrat-Herald report.

UCLA Health System has opened an 18,000-square-foot, two-story specialty services practice with gastroenterological services in Thousand Oaks, Calif., according to a Ventura Country Star report.  

The invendo medical C20 colonoscopy system accompanied by SC20 single-use colonoscope has been introduced to the US market with installations at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and NYU Langone Medical Center.

Board certified gastroenterologist Wael Youssef, MD, has been recruited by the Carle Digestive Health Center in Urbana, Ill., according to a report by The News-Gazette.

A recent study estimated that the global gastrointestinal device market will grow to be valued at $33 billion by 2023, according to a Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry report.

Inova Health System and Children's National Medical Center have joined to create the Pediatric Specialists of Virginia, which will offer pediatric gastroenterology, according to a Loudoun Times report.

The Yorkville Endoscopy Center, which opened in February, began as a joint venture between the five physicians of New York Gastroenterology Associates and Frontier Healthcare and grew to include a total of 12 gastroenterologists, according to a Yorkville Endoscopy news…

Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass., is considering closing its endoscopy center in order make room for an expansion of the hospital emergency room department slated to begin in the fall, according to a report by the Cape Cod Times.