What if you could own companies you spend money on? What if you could save money on routine purchases by getting bulk rates? With those ideas, Christopher Metz and Stephen Somers founded Gastrologix, a Group Purchasing Organization (GPO). In this interview, Chris and Steve tell us what exactly a GPO is and how Gastrologix spun out of the Digestive Health Network (DHN).

Dr. Prashant Krishnan is the Chief Medical Officer of Gastro Care Partners/Peak Gastroenterology Associates. In December 2019, Peak Gastroenterology partnered with Varsity Healthcare Partners to launch the sixth PE platform in GI. In this insightful interview, Dr. Krishnan reveals a core strategy (called YOU) that led to their explosive growth from 4 to 43 providers. That growth opened doors to private equity.

Dr. Ivo Boškoski is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome. As of this writing, we don’t know whether the third wave of COVID in US will peak this winter. But can we be prepared in case it does? Where better to look than Europe?

Dr. Ellen Scherl is the Research Director and Founding Director of the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Weill Cornell Medicine. She says, it’s time for gastroenterologists to approach GI care comprehensively and reclaim their role as healers.