Gastroenterology

The AGA announced the recipients of its 2021 recognition prizes given annually to physicians who have made outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of gastroenterology.

Leadership poses challenges for gastroenterologists in the health care landscape that is always evolving and consolidating.

This year the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy GI Outlook 2020: GI Practice Intelligence, Innovation and the Patient Care Experience will be held virtually on Oct. 3.

The Mayo Clinic earned recognition by U.S. News & World Report as the top-ranked hospital in the country for gastroenterology and GI surgery.

While FDA- and EU-approved JAK inhibitors have shown comparable efficacy and safety across a spectrum of immune-mediated diseases, more study is required to fully parse the mechanism of action, according to a presenter at the 2020 Interdisciplinary Autoimmune Summit.

In the face of the unique threat that COVID-19 poses to patients with autoimmune diseases, communication across disciplines is essential “as our fields increasingly blend together,” noted presenters at the 2020 Interdisciplinary Autoimmune Summit.

In this exclusive video, Bishr Omary, MD, PhD, the president of the American Gastroenterological Association and Henry Rutgers professor of biomedical sciences at Rutgers University, discussed the joint statement released by various GI societies including the AGA, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, American College of Gastroenterology and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. They pledged to work together and create guidelines to end racism and social injustice among GI practices.

Diversity in medicine has demonstrated improvements in access to care among undeserved communities and may positively influence health care delivery, patient outcomes and public policy, according to a report in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

BOSTON — In this exclusive video from The Liver Meeting 2019, Vlad Ratziu, MD, PhD, professor of hepatology at Sorbonne University and Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, discusses his poster presentation on the diagnostic aspects of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in patients with type 2 diabetes.

A video Will Smith recently posted about his colonoscopy in which he walked viewers through the entire process earned praise from physicians for helping to normalize the procedure. It was the week’s top story in gastroenterology.