StevenLeeCarpenterMDMACP

Gastroenterology • Savannah, GA

Advanced Endoscopic Interventional, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Pancreas Disease

Academic Chair, Dept of Int Med, Mercer University School of Medicine, Center for Digestive & Liver Health

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Office
1139 Lexington Ave
Ste B
Savannah, GA 31404
Phone+1 912-303-4200

Fax+1 912-790-2701

Education & Training

U Michigan1993 - 1996
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1992
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityClass of 1988
Georgia State UniversityB.S., Mathematics, Cum Laude, 1981 - 1984
Mercer UniversityNo Degree, 1981

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 1991 - 2025
MI State Medical License 1994 - 1998
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

MACP American College of Physicians, 2016
Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014-2016
Master American College of Physicians, 2015
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2013
Outstanding Faculty, Internal Medicine Mercer School of Medicine, 2013
J. Willis Hurst Bedside Teaching Award Georgia American College of Physicians, 2013
Heathcare Heroes Award Georgia Medical Society, 2009
Designated Hooder for Mercer School of Medicine Graduation 2007
Fellow American Gastrointestinal Association, 2007
Fellow American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2007
Fellow American College of Physicians, 2007
Fellow (AGAF) American Gastroenterological Association, 2007
America's Top Physician's 2007
Best Doctors in America 2005
Attending Physician of the Year Memorial Health University Medical Center Internal Medicine Program, 2001
Consultant of the Year Memorial Health University Medical Center Surgery Program, 1999
Outstanding Resident Emory University, Department of Internal Medicine, 1988-1989
Dean's Key Georgia State University, 1984
Honors in Mathematics Georgia State University, 1984
Nathan Flinchum Memorial Scholarship Georgia State University, 1983
Fellow (FASGE) American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Continuing Medical Education Questions: April 2022.
Steven L Carpenter
The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2022-04-01
Continuing Medical Education Questions: February 2021.
Steven L Carpenter
The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2021-02-01
Continuing Medical Education Questions: January 2020.
Steven Carpenter
The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2020-01-01

Journal Articles

Continuing Medical Education Questions: October 2018
Steven Carpenter, MD, Nature
Polypectomy Devices
Carpenter S, Petersen BT, Chuttani R,Croffie J,DiSario J,Liu J,Mishkin D,Shah R,Somogyi L, Tierney W, Song L, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2007
Endoscopy in patients with implanted electronic devices
Petersen BT , Hussain N,Marine J,Trohman R, Carpenter S, MD, Ram Chuttani, MD, Joseph Croffie, MD, James DiSario, MD, Poonputt Chotiprasidhi, MD, Julia Liu, MD, Lehel ..., Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2007
Endoscopic ultrasound probes
Liu J, Carpenter S, Chuttani R, Croffie J, DiSario J, Mergener K, Mishkin DS, Shah R, Somogyi L, Tierney W, Petersen BT; Technology Assessment Committee, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2006
Update on endoscopic tissue sampling devices
Alan Barkun, Julia Liu, Steven Carpenter, Poonputt Chotiprasidhi, Ram Chuttani, Gregory Ginsberg, Nadeem Hussain, W. Silverman, G. Taitelbaum, Bret T. Petersen; Techno..., Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2006
Endoscopic clip application devices
Chuttani R, Barkun A, Carpenter S, Chotiprasidhi P, Ginsberg GG, Hussain N, Liu J, Silverman W, Taitelbaum G, Petersen B; Technology Assessment Committee, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2006
ASGE Technology Status Evaluation Report: wireless esophageal pH monitoring systems
Chotiprashidi P, Liu J, Carpenter S, Chuttani R, DiSario J, Hussain N, Somogyi L, Petersen BT, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2005
ASGE Technology Status Evaluation Report: radiographic contrast media used in ERCP
Mishkin D, Carpenter S, Croffie J, Chuttani R, DiSario J, Hussain N, Liu J, Somogyi L, Tierney W, Petersen BT, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2005
ASGE Technology Status Evaluation Report: disposable endoscopic accessories
Croffie J, Carpenter S, Chuttani R, DiSario J, Hussain N, Liu J, Mishkin D, Somogyi L, Tierney W, Petersen BT, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2005
Monitoring equipment for endoscopy
Petersen, MD, Greta Taitelbaum, MD, Alan N. Barkun, MD, Steven Carpenter, MD, Nadem Hussain, MD, Gregory G. Ginsberg, MD; Technology Assessment Committee, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2004
Tissue adhesives and fibrin glues
Bret Petersen, MD, Alan Barkun, MD, Steven Carpenter, MD, Poonputt Chotiprasidhi, MD, Ram Chuttani, MD, William Silverman, MD, Nadem Hussain, MD, Julia Liu, MD, Greta ..., Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2004
Tools for endoscopic stricture dilation
Greta Taitelbaum, MD, Bret T. Petersen, MD, Alan N. Barkun, MD, Poonputt Chotiprasidhi, MD, Ram Chuttani, MD, Julia Liu, MD, William B. Silverman, MD, Steven Carpenter..., Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2004
Book Review: "Textbook of Gastrointestinal Radiology R M Gore & M S Levine"
Carpenter SL, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2001
Book Review: "Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy EB Keefe"
Carpenter SL, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2000
EUS compared with CT, MRI, and angiography and the influence of biliary stenting on staging accuracy of ampullary neoplasms
Cannon M, Carpenter S, Elta G, Nostrant T, Kochman M, Ginsberg G, Stotland B, Rosato E, Morris J, Eckhauser F, Scheiman J, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/1999
The 13C-Urea Blood Test Accurately Detects Active Helicobacter pylori infection: A United States, Multicenter Trial
Chey WD, Murthy U, Toskes P, Carpenter S, Laine L, American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1/1/1999
The Clinical Significance of Focal Active Colitis
Greenson JK, Stern RA, Carpenter SL, Barnett JL, Human Pathology, 1/1/1997
Endosonographic Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Stromal Cell Tumors
Chak A, Canton M, Rosch T, Dittler HJ, Hawes RH, Tio TL, Lightdale CJ, Boyce HW, Scheiman J, Carpenter SL, Van Dam J, Kochman M, and Sivak M, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/1997
Pancreatic Imaging
Carpenter SL and Scheiman JM, Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 1/1/1996
Case reports: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-induced meningitis in patients with HIV infection
Jurado R, Carpenter SL, Rimland D, American Journal of Medical Sciences, 1/1/1996
Prolonged Effect of Omeprazole on the 14C-Urea breath Test
Chey WD, Spybrook M, Carpenter S, Norstrant TT, Elta GH, Scheiman JM, American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1/1/1996
Endosonography of an abdominal bronchogenic cyst
Carpenter SL, Bansal R, and Scheiman J, Gastrointest Endosc, 1/1/1996
Book Review: "Gastrointestinal cancers: Biology, Diagnosis and Therapy Anil Rustgi"
Carpenter SL, American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1/1/1996
Misuse of Veterinary Phenylbutazone
Carpenter SL and McDonnell M, Archives of Internal Medicine, 1/1/1995
Proximal Migration of a Biliary Stent: Treatment by combined Percutaneous/Endoscopic Approach
Brown K, Carpenter SL, Barnett J, Williams D, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/1995
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Books/Book Chapters

Colorectal Cancer Screening and Computerized Tomographic Colonography
Chapter: Integration of CT Colonoscopy into a Colo-rectal Cancer Screening Program
Carpenter SLEditors: Cash, B..2013
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America
Chapter: Gastroenterologists Should Read CT Colonography
Page 271 - 277Carpenter SL2010
Textbook of Gastroenterology; Self assessment and Review
Chapter: Pancreatic Diseases
Carpenter SLEditors: Yamada, T..J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA1995

Abstracts/Posters

Mesenteric Panniculitis: Association with Rhabdomyosarcoma.
Nabizadeh P, Carpenter S, Garber J, Chodos D, Georgia American College of Physicians Regional Meeting, 1/1/2014
Drug Induced Liver Injury.
Russell M, Gutierrez E, Carpenter S, Georgia American College of Physicians, 1/1/2014
Olmesartan induced sprue like enteropathy.
Russell, M, Carpenter, SL, American College of Gastroenterology, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2014
Fulminant Liver Failure: a Unique Presentation of Sezary Syndrome.
Green, A, Stephens, SE, Steven L Carpenter, Mercer Research Day, 1/1/2013
Hypotension resolves after EUS Aspiration of Pancreatic Pseudocyst.
Brent Acker, MD & Steven L Carpenter, American College of Gastroenterology, Las Vegas, NV, 1/1/2012
Caustic Ingestions.
Brent Acker, MD, Leslie Ofori, MD, Steven L Carpenter, MD, Georgia American College of Physicians, 1/1/2012
6-MP induced Sweet's Syndrome.
Felisha Humphries MD, Nicholas Fiacco, MD, Jarod Fox, MD, Toni McCullough, MD, Steven L Carpenter MD, American College of Physicians, Georgia Chapter, 1/1/2012
Fecal Transplant for Refractory C. diff Colitis.
Connelly TP, Miranda AL, Carpenter SL, Memorial Resident Research Day, 1/22/2011
Achalasia and Mycobacterium Chelonae: An Unusual Association.
Valerie S. Duhn, MD. , Shirley Meredith, MD, Than Win, MBBS, FACP,and Steven L. Carpenter, MD, American College of Physicians, Georgia Chapter, 1/1/2007
Prospective Assessment of electronic health record (EHR) implementation on community based GI practice.
Steve Carpenter, MD, Soha Taheri, MD, Lynn Marini, RN, MBA, Naresh Gunuratnam, MD, and Andrew Cantanzaro, MD, American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1/1/2007
Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Esophageal Perforation.
Shirley Meredith, MD, Valerie Siqueira, MD, Than Win, MBBS, FACP, and Steven Carpenter, MD, American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1/1/2006
Accuracy and Economic Impact of Helical CT and Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Staging of Ampullopancreatic Tumors.
Tierney WM, Carpenter SL, Bansal R, Francis I, Eckhauser F, Hirth RA, and Scheiman JM, Gastroenterology, 1/1/1997
Endosonographic (EUS) Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Smooth Muscle Tumors.
Chak A, Canto M, Rosch T, Dittler HJ, Hawes RH, Tio TL, Lightdale CJ, Boyce HW, Scheiman J, Carpenter SL, Van Dam J, Kochman M, and Sivak M, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/1996
Percutaneous Dilation of Post-operative Anastomotic Biliary Strictures after Hepaticojejunostomy.
Wille RT, Carpenter SL, Marx MV, Williams DM, and Elta GH, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/1996
Cost Effectiveness of Endoscopic Ultrasound for Pre-operative Localization of Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors: A Case-Control Study.
Carpenter, SL, Bansal R, Nostrant TT, Elta GH, Thompson N, and Scheiman JM, Gastroenterology, 1/1/1996
Positron Emission Tomography of the Pancreas and related diseases.
Shreve P, Carpenter SL, Chiao PC, and Gross MD, American Federation of Clinical Research, 1/5/1995
Endosonographic Criteria Associated with Malignancy in Gastrointestinal Smooth Muscle Tumors.
Chak A, Canto M, Rosch T, Hawes RH, Scheiman J, Carpenter SL Van Dam J, and Sivak M, 10th International Symposium on Endoscopic Ultrasonography, 1/1/1995
Biliary Stents effect EUS staging accuracy of Ampullary Neoplasms.
Carpenter SL, Kadish SL, Bansal R, Ginsberg GG, Smith D, Rosato E, Morris J, Eckhauser F, Kochman ML, Scheiman JM, 10th International Symposium on Endoscopic Ultrasonography, 1/1/1995
The Clinical Significance of Focal Active Colitis.
Stern RA, Carpenter SL, Barnett JL, and Greenson JK, Gastroenterology, 1/1/1995
Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasound vs. CT Scan, MRI, and Angiography for the Staging of Adenocarcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater.
Bansal R, Kadish SL, Carpenter SL, Ginsberg GG, Smith D, Rosato E, Morris J, Eckhauser F, Kochman ML, Scheiman JM, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/1995
C-11 Acetate Positron Emission Tomography of the Pancreas: a study of the normal pancreas, chronic pancreatitis, and neoplasm.
Carpenter SL, Wiley J, Owyang C, and Shreve P, Gastroenterology, 1/1/1995
Evidence of Inhibitory 5HT3 Pathways in Modulation of CCK and non-CCK Dependent Pancreatic Enzyme Secretion.
Carpenter SL, Chey WD, Hasler W, Fey D, Kim M, Spybrook M and Owyang C, Gastroenterology, 1/1/1995
Metabolic Imaging of the Pancreas with Positron Emission Tomography
Carpenter S, Wiley J, Owyang C, and Shreve P, North American Conference of Gastroenterology Fellows, 1/1/1995
Donor and Recipient Sex Affects Short Term Graft Survival After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
Carpenter SL, Caldwell CA, Brown KA, Henley KS, Merion RM, Lucey MR, Gastroenterology, 1/1/1994
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Lectures

GI EBM Update
1/27/2015
GI Jeopardy
Savannah, GA - 1/7/2015
ERCP & Choledocholithiasis
1/10/2014
Gluten Sensitivity
1/22/2013
Nausea
MUMC (Memorial University Medical Center), Savannah, GA - 1/21/2012
GI EBM Update 2012
MCCG (Medical Center of Central Georgia), Macon, GA - 1/18/2012
Pancreatic Fluid Collections
MUMC (Memorial University Medical Center), Savannah, GA - 1/13/2012
GI EBM Update 2011
1/28/2011
Professionalism
1/22/2011
CT Colonoscopy
1/27/2009
Hepatitis C
UNC (University of North Carolina)-Chapel Hill - 1/6/2009
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Press Mentions

GI Doctor: How to Avoid Heartburn, Reflux on ThanksgivingNovember 25th, 2020
Faculty and Staff NotablesSeptember 3rd, 2019