International Medical News Group

GI & Hepatology News is the official newspaper of the AGA Institute. The American Gastroenterological Association is the oldest medical specialty society in the United States, and its 15,500 members include physicians and scientists who study, diagnose, and treat disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. Produced by the Elsevier Society News Group, a division of the International Medical News Group, in partnership with the AGA Institute, GI & Hepatology News publishes monthly and reaches 16,000 gastroenterologists and hepatologists. GI & Hepatology News draws on 40 years of experience in medical specialty journalism through reporting provided by IMNG. GI & Hepatology News provides:

Balanced News Coverage
Experienced news reporters provide coverage of the clinical, regulatory, legislative, and financial aspects of gastroenterology.

Readability
High-quality writing and concise reporting give gastroenterologist and hepatologist readers a broad range of content including news, opinion, and practice trends as well as well-organized sections of specialty-specific news on the Upper GI Tract, Lower GI Tract, and Liver, Pancreas & Biliary Tract.

Reliability
Gastroenterologists will recognize and seek out GI & Hepatology News for authoritative, specialty-relevant information provided on a timely basis. Advertisers are turning to GI & Hepatology News to deliver their message to this key specialty audience.

Comprehensive Meeting Coverage
A highly qualified staff of reporters and editors covers numerous clinical meetings annually, including meetings specifically tailored to gastroenterology. Scientific reports that impact practice reach our readers months in advance of their publication in medical journals. Whether it's research presented at Digestive Disease Week, the deliberations of the Food and Drug Administration advisory committees, or clinical pearls from a regional CME meeting, reporters from GI & Hepatology News find the news that gastroenterologists can use to enhance their practices.

Editorial Expertise and Integrity
Medical Editor-in-Chief Charles J. Lightdale, M.D., guides the content of GI & Hepatology News and presides over an active editorial advisory board with a wide range of expertise.

Christina G. Chase, Editor
GI & Hepatology News
Christina Chase joined IMNG in 2003 as a copy editor and then was the associate editor for Internal Medicine News from 2004 to 2006. She has 18 years of medical writing/editing experience, a master's degree in nutritional sciences, and a previous position as project coordinator for a multi-site clinical research study on diabetes and lactation.

David A. Brenner, M.D.
Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine
University of California, San Diego

Robert Stephen Brown Jr., M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Chief of the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, and Chief of Clinical Hepatology
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, N.Y.
Medical Director
Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation
New York–Presbyterian Hospital

Andrew Jess Dannenburg, M.D.
Henry R. Erle, M.D.–Roberts Family Professor of Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, N.Y.

Charles J. Lightdale, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, N.Y.
Director of Clinical Research, Division of Digestive and Liver Disease, Department of Medicine
New York–Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Timothy Cragin Wang, M.D.
Silberberg Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, N.Y.