Category: Gastroenterology and Endoscopy

In 2021, Miami-based Gastro Health launched the Women in GI Network, led by Asma Khapra, MD, to promote gender equity in gastroenterology, according to a Sept. 16 press release sent to Becker’s. 

Waud Capital Partners LLC. has sold its controlling ownership stake in the nation’s largest GI practice management company, GI Alliance. 

Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney recorded themselves receiving colonoscopies to raise awareness of increasing colon cancer diagnoses among people younger than 50, CNN reported Sept. 14.

Every year, U.S. News & World Report releases a ranking of the top hospitals for gastroenterology worldwide. In 2021, 2022 and 2023, a total of 17 hospitals were ranked in the top 25 for all three years. 

A 2022 report from U.S. News & World Report ranked the top 20 medical schools for gastroenterology and hepatology for the year, with the University of California San Diego topping the list. 

Southlake, Texas-based GI Alliance has finalized its physician-led buyout facilitated by a $785 million investment from private equity firm Apollo Hybrid Value.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has been named the top hospital in the world for gastroenterology in 2023, according to a new report from Newsweek. 

The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons has extended its partnership with Theator, the creator of a video surgical intelligence platform that can analyze surgical video data.  

Biopharmaceutical company Takeda has announced the launch of its Cdpath program, which uses a blood test to predict someone’s risk for developing Crohn’s disease within the next three years, according to a Sept. 14 press release sent to Becker’s. …

Here are 10 of the biggest gastroenterology deals since Jan. 1: