Huntington, W.Va.-based Marshall Health has relocated its gastroenterology and hepatology services to an outpatient medical pavilion at Cabell Huntington Hospital.
Category: Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
Gastro Health adds one of region's few female GIs
Gastro Health’s Kennewick, Wash.-based Tri-Cities Endoscopy Center has added to its team gastroenterologist Amber Charoen, MD, one of only a few female GIs working in the area, according to a Sept. 12 report from the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business…
Effects of new ACG, ASGE colonoscopy guidelines 'unclear'
In August, theAmerican College of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy published updated guidelines regarding the quality indicators surrounding colonoscopy, according to a Sept. 12 report from the American Journal o…
FDA approves Johnson & Johnson GI treatment
The FDA has approved Johnson & Johnson’s Tremfya to treat adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis.
Michigan GI practice partners with Oshi Health
Gastrointestinal Specialists, PC of Troy, Mich., has partnered with Oshi Health to offer its patients access to virtual care models.
UAMS adds inflammatory bowel disease program leader
Gastroenterologist Mohammad Alomari, MD, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences division of gastroenterology and hepatology to oversee its inflammatory bowel disease program and clinic.
'We want that yesterday:' The case for endoscopy technician programs
When Gottumukkala Raju, MD, an endoscopist and professor of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition with the University of Texas MD Cancer Center in Houston first set out to establish a standardized endoscopy technician program in 2015, he was met w…
American College of Gastroenterology latest to criticize UHC
The American College of Gastroenterology’s prior-authorization task force is the latest professional group to criticize UnitedHealthcare’s new gold-card program.
The state on the brink of a GI boom
Illinois could be a promising state for gastroenterology practices looking to open or grow, after the state’s governor signed an expansive piece of colonoscopy legislation.
Colonoscopy's new gold standard
Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., with more than 150,000 patients diagnosed and treated annually, spurring support of gastroenterologists for updated CRC screening guidelines.
