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
Insurances
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Academic Information
Office
One Hospital Dr
CE405
Columbia, MO 65212
United States
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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