GI & Endoscopy

Prescient Medicine Holdings and Metabiomics partnered to develop a microbiome diagnostic platform to diagnose gastrointestinal diseases including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome.

Jacob R. Karr, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Lafayette, La.-based The Gastro Clinic.

Yonatan Hillman, MD, joined Duluth, Minn.-based St. Luke's Gastroenterology Associates.

The FDA awarded Motus GI's Pure-Vu Slim Sleeve 510(k) clearance, expanding Motus' reach to encompass the full range of gastrointestinal procedures.

A Kanawha County ( W.Va.) circuit court judge dropped a sexual assault and a sexual abuse count against Charleston, W.Va., gastroenterologist Steven Matulis, MD, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reports.

Akira Horiuchi, MD, was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for medical education for his colonoscopy research, The Japan Times reports.

Karlina Patton, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Crestview Hills, Ky.-based Tri-State Gastro.

Here are five gastroenterologists that made news in the past week:

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System added Laxmi Parsa, MD, to its gastroenterology staff, Chattanoogan.com reports.

Bayer added a warning to its prescription-free stomach relief Iberogast drops after a patient died from the product, MDLinx reports.