Claire Wallace

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6 health systems adding anesthesia partners in 2025

Here are six health systems that have added new anesthesia partners so far in 2025:  1. Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health added Lancaster, Pa.-based Prime Anesthesia Associates. Prime’s three physicians and two certified registered nurse anesthetists joined Penn State on March 24. 2. Greenville, S.C.-based Bon Secours expanded its ongoing relationship with North American Partners […]

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8% of GIs have considered suicide: 10 notes on the problem

At least 8% of gastroenterologists have contemplated suicide, according to Medscape’s 2025 “Gastroenterologists and Suicide Report,” published March 28.  Here are nine additional things to know about the problem among GI specialists:  1. While 8% of GIs have had suicidal ideations, 0% of surveyed providers have attempted suicide.  2. Around 34% of GIs know at […]

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Hawaii anesthesiologist charged with attempted murder

Gerhardt Konig, MD, an anesthesiologist with practice privileges at Maui Memorial Medical Center, is being charged with second-degree attempted murder after police said he tried to kill his wife along a hiking trail in Honolulu, according to a March 27 report from the Honolulu Star Advertiser.  Honolulu police were called to a state park on […]

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Hawaii anesthesiologist charged with attempted murder

Gerhardt Konig, MD, an anesthesiologist with practice privileges at Maui Memorial Medical Center, is being charged with second-degree attempted murder after police said he tried to kill his wife along a hiking trail in Honolulu, according to a March 27 report from the Honolulu Star Advertiser.  Honolulu police were called to a state park on […]

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Samaritan Health Services adds Mid-Valley Gastroenterology

Corvallis, Ore.-based Samaritan Health Services will add Corvallis-based Mid-Valley Gastroenterology beginning April 1, according to a March 28 report from Philomath News.

The facility, which has been treating patients since 1997, will be renamed S…

Bausch + Lomb recalls intraocular lenses

Eye health company Bausch + Lomb has issued a voluntary recall of a series of intraocular lenses, according to a March 27 report from Global Data. The recall is associated with its enVista platform following a number of reports of toxic anterior segment syndrome cases by patients who had implanted enVista Envy IOLs, enVista Aspire […]

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Insurer to withhold millions in payouts to Capital Cardiology Associates

Albany, N.Y.-based health insurance provider CDPHP is voluntarily withholding millions of dollars in extra payments to physician practices in the area, according to a March 27 report from the Times Union. Albany-based Capital Region Cardiology alleges that it is owed $1.9 million by CDPHP. The practice alleges that CDPHP has not reimbursed them for services […]

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Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons awards ‘shark tank’ winner

Gastroenterology society bestows ‘shark tank’ honor to Montreal firm The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons has selected Montreal-based FemTherapeutics the winner of its 2025 “shark tank”-style competition at its annual meeting in Long Beach, Calif.  The competition is designed to support clinicians focused on commercializing their innovations through investment capital, according to a […]

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The health systems taking on anesthesia residents, by state

Just six anesthesia residency programs in the U.S. failed to fill every available slot for 2025, according to data from the National Resident Matching Program released March 21. Just seven states, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, lack anesthesia residency programs.  Here is every health system with an anesthesia residency program […]

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Physicians grapple with pandemic’s effects on CRC screening

As colorectal cancer cases continue to grow in young patients nationwide, screening these patients continues to face setbacks.  One major setback in CRC screening was the COVID-19 pandemic. Two small batch studies from the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis looked at the impact COVID-19 had on screening and diagnostic colonoscopies in the state.  […]

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