GI & Endoscopy

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.

The Flex Robotic System allows surgeons to remove large colorectal lesions through minimally invasive surgery, MDLinx reports.

Here are the five most popular gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Sept. 6 to Sept. 12, 2018: