Education & Training

Medical School

Dr B R Ambedkar Medical College

Residency

Internal Medicine

  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Fellowship

Gastroenterology

  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Boards

American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology

Insurances

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Academic Information

Director of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) Service
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Gastroenterololgy Medical Student Education Liaison
Assistant Program Director of Gastroenterology Fellowship

Office

One Hospital Dr
CE405
Columbia, MO 65212
United States

F. (573) 884-4595

Research Interests

  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Fecal Microbiome Transplantation
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Human gut microbiome

Awards & Honors

  • 2022 - Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation Catalyst for Mission Advancement (Mid-America Chapter).
  • 2017 - Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation award for IBD Visiting Fellowship to Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio
  • 2015 - Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Arnold P Gold Foundation - Gold Humanism Honor Society

Professional Membership

  • American Gastroenterology Association (AGA)
  • American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
  • Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation (CCF); Advisory Committee (CMAC) Member; Chair, CCF Mid-Missouri Chapter
  • American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)

Publications

  • Emily Reznicek and Yezaz Ghouri.
    Do Probiotics Help in Treating Inflammatory Bowel Diseases?
    Journal of Nutrition and Pathology, Journal Blog: September 2021
  • Nasim Parsa, Eric A Grisham, Courtney J Cockerell, Michelle L Matteson-Kome, Ramakrishna V Bysani, Sami Samiullah, Douglas L Nguyen, Veysel Tahan, Yezaz A Ghouri, Srinivas R Puli and Matthew L Bechtold
    Split-dose vs same-day bowel preparation for afternoon colonoscopies: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
    World Journal of Meta-Analysis, Nov 2020.
  • Harleen Chela, Syed Bilal Pasha, Xiu-Feng Wan, Yezaz A Ghouri
    A Review on Medical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2020 Sept, (PubMed ID: 32876952).
  • Yezaz A Ghouri, Veysel Tahan, Bo Shen
    Secondary Causes of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
    World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020 July, (PubMed ID: 32821067).
  • Syed Bilal Pasha, Huda Fatima, Yezaz A Ghouri
    Management of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in the Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic
    Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2020 April (PubMed ID: 32246874).
  • Ikenna Okereke, Catherine Hamilton, Gabriel Reep, Timothy Krill, Adam Booth, Yezaz Ghouri, Vikram Jala, Clark Andersen, Richard Pyles
    Microflora composition in the gastrointestinal tract in patients with Barrett’s esophagus; Journal of thoracic disease, 2019 Aug (PubMed ID: 31489224).
  • Ryan D Heath, Nasim Parsa, Michelle L Matteson-Kome, Victoria Buescher, Sami Samiullah, Douglas L Nguyen, Veysel Tahan, Yezaz A Ghouri, Srinivas R Puli, Matthew L Bechtold
    Use of music during colonoscopy: An updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
    World Journal of Meta-Analysis, 2019 Nov.
  • Turse EP, Dailey FE,Ghouri YA, Tahan V
    Fecal microbiota transplantation donation: the gift that keeps on giving.
    Current Opinions in Pharmacology, 2019 May (PubMed ID: 31085417).
  • Singh A, Ghouri Y, Shen B
    Ustekinumab as an Induction Agent for Crohn's Disease of the Pouch.
    Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2018 Apr (PubMed ID: 29668974).
  • Simoes CC, Ghouri YA, Merwat SN, Stevenson HL.
    Budd-Chiari syndrome: a rare and life-threatening complication of Crohn's disease.
    BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jan 17 2018, pii: bcr-2017-222946 (PubMed ID: 29348288).

Manuscript Publications

  • Yezaz A. Ghouri, Erik Rahimi, Joseph Krill, Katherine Jelinek, Andrew Dupont: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials showing efficacy of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics in inflammatory bowel disease. Clinical & Experimental Gastroenterology, Dec 9;7:473-487, 2014. (PMID: 25525379)
  • Zahid Ijaz Tarar, Umer Farooq, Muhammad Usman Zafar, Saad Saleem, Ahmad Nawaz, Faisal Kamal, Ghulam Ghous, Faisal Inayat, Yezaz A. Ghouri: A national study of pregnancy-related maternal and fetal outcomes in women with inflammatory bowel disease. International Journal of Colorectal Disease, Jul;37(7):1535-1543, 2022. (PMID: 35612619)
  • Yezaz A Ghouri, Veysel Tahan, Bo Shen: Secondary causes of inflammatory bowel diseases. World Journal of Gastroenterology, Jul 28;26(28):3998-4017, 2020. (PMID: 32821067)
  • Zahid Ijaz Tarar, Muhammad Usman Zafar, Umer Farooq, Ghulam Ghous, Aysha Aslam, Faisal Inayat, Yezaz A. Ghouri: Burden of depression and anxiety among patients with inflammatory bowel disease: results of a nationwide analysis. International Journal of Colorectal Diseases, Feb; 37(2):313-321, 2022. (PMID: 34731298)
  • Emily Reznicek, Mohammad Arfeen, Bo Shen, Yezaz A. Ghouri: Colorectal dysplasia and cancer surveillance in ulcerative colitis. Diseases, Nov 19;9(4):86, 2021. (PMID: 34842672)
  • A Singh, Yezaz Ghouri, Bo Shen: Ustekinumab as an induction agent for Crohn's disease of the pouch. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Apr 23;24(5): e12-e13, 2018. (PMID: 29668974)
  • Ikenna Okereke, Catherine Hamilton, Gabriel Reep, Timothy Krill, Adam Booth, Yezaz Ghouri, Vikram Jala, Clark Andersen, Richard Pyles: Microflora composition in the gastrointestinal tract in patients with Barrett’s esophagus. Journal of Thoracic Disease, Aug;11(Suppl 12):S1518-S1587, 2019. (PMID: 31489224)
  • Harleen Chela, Syed Bilal Pasha, Xiu-Feng Wan, Yezaz A. Ghouri: A review on medical management of inflammatory bowel diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Apr;36(4):918-926, 2021. (PMID: 32876952)
  • Erica P Turse, Francis E Dailey, Yezaz A. Ghouri,Veysel Tahan: Fecal microbiota transplantation donation: the gift that keeps on giving. Current Opinions in Pharmacology, Dec; 49:24-28, 2019. (PMID: 31085417)
  • Yezaz A. Ghouri, Idrees Mian, Boris Blechacz: A review of cholangiocarcinoma. Journal of Carcinogenesis, Feb 23;14:1, 2015. (PMID: 25788866)
  • Yezaz A. Ghouri, Idrees Mian, Julie Rowe: Review of hepatocellular carcinoma: Epidemiology, etiology, and pathogenesis. Journal of Carcinogenesis, May 29;16:1, 2017. (PMID: 28694740)
  • Emily Reznicek, Mohammad Arfeen, Bo Shen, Yezaz A Ghouri;
    Colorectal Dysplasia and Cancer Surveillance in Ulcerative Colitis
    Diseases, November 2021, (PMID: 34842672).
  • Taher Jamali, Yezaz Ghouri, Suimin Qiu, Sreeram Parupudi
    Endoscopic Management of A Rare Polypoid Arteriovenous Malformation of the Colon
    ACG Case Reports Journal, November 2021, (PMID: 34815980).
  • Zahid Ijaz Tarar, Muhammad Usman Zafar, Umer Farooq, Ghulam Ghous, Aysha Aslam, Faisal Inayat, Yezaz A Ghouri
    Burden of depression and anxiety among patients with inflammatory bowel disease: results of a nationwide analysis
    International Journal of Colorectal Diseases, November 2021, (PMID: 34731298).
  • Mahmoud M Mansour, Muhammad Mubarak, Harleen Chela, Yezaz A Ghouri
    Brain Abscesses in Crohn’s Disease as a Complication of Infliximab Therapy
    Cureus, June 2021, (PMID: 34262801).
  • Mahmoud M Mansour, Zachary D Smith, Yezaz Ghouri, Veysel Tahan
    Ulcerative Colitis with Concomitant Serrated Polyposis Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review
    Cureus, April 2021, (PMID: 34036009).

Book Chapters

  • Yezaz A. Ghouri, Bo Shen. Anorectal Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Diagnosis and Management Guide for Ano-Rectal Disease: A Clinical Reference- first edition, 2020, Slack Inc.
  • Naren Nallapeta, Harleen Chela, Yezaz A. Ghouri. Paracentesis, Procedures and Protocols in the Neurocritical Care Unit- first edition, January 2022, Springer.
  • Yezaz A. Ghouri, Gurinder Luthra. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and jejunostomy for feeding. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Gastroenterology- second edition, 2018, Humana Press.
  • Yezaz A Ghouri, Bo Shen
    Perianal inflammatory bowel diseases. Diagnosis and Management Guide for Ano-Rectal Disease: A Clinical Reference.
  • Yezaz A Ghouri, Gurinder Luthra
    Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and jejunostomy placement. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Gastroenterology- second edition.

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