GI & Endoscopy

The Savannah Book Festival board of directors has elected Mark E. Murphy, MD, as its new president, according to The Savannah Tribune.

The FDA is considering changing how it regulates fecal microbiota transplants for patients with recurrent C. difficile infections, according to GenomeWeb.

Mark B. Pochapin, MD, is a gastroenterologist and director of the division of gastroenterology at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City. He is also a Sholtz/Leeds Professor of Gastroenterology and the vice chair for clinical affairs.

Blessing Physician Services in Quincy, Ill., added gastroenterologist Asad Rafiq, MD, to its medical staff, according to a Herald-Whig report.

Medtronic has issued a voluntary recall for the battery pack used in its Covidien Oridion labeled Capnostream 20 and Capnostream 20p Patient Monitors, according to an FDA report.

Steven J. Ayres, MD, a gastroenterologist with Benefis Health System in Great Falls, Mont., recently received the designation of fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association, according to Great Falls Tribune.

The FDA recently revealed, after a year-long investigation, that as many as 350 patients at 41 facilities in the United States and overseas have been infected by tainted scopes between Jan. 1, 2010 and Oct. 31, 2015, according to Gastroenterology…

Vance Rodgers, MD, a gastroenterologist with Central Coast Gastroenterology in San Luis Obispo, Calif., offerd advice to GI physicians moving into employed positions, as reported by the American Gastroenterological Association.

Robert Burakoff, MD, is a gastroenterologist and clinical chief of the division of gastroenterology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He is also the director of the Center for Digestive Health at the hospital. Dr. Burakoff previously served as…

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of April 18 to April 22.