EDGAR CODE AND SECTION 16 POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Scott Schorer and Robert Simkevich of GI Dynamics, Inc.
(the "Company"), and Daniel Follansbee and Adam Davey of Mintz, Levin, Cohn,
Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., signing singly, with full power of
substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     (1)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
             capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% shareholder of the
             Company, forms and authentication documents for EDGAR Filing
             Access;

     (2)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
             undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
             execute any such forms and authentication documents;

     (3)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
             capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% shareholder of the
             Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of
             the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

     (4)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
             undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
             execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the
             United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
             exchange or similar authority; and

     (5)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
             foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
             benefit to, in the best interests of, or legally required by the
             undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
             such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
             Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
             terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
             attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed this 6th day of May, 2016.




                        /s/ James Murphy
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                        James Murphy
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