Parastoo Jangouk, MD

<p>Dr. Jangouk received her medical degree with honors from Tehran University of Medical Sciences. After medical school, she completed research fellowships at Heinrich-Heine University in Duesseldorf, Germany and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine where she authored several manuscripts. She then moved to Pittsburgh to attend University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) for her internship and residency in internal medicine. She went on to pursue her fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at Yale University School of Medicine. During her fellowship, she worked with Dr. Garcia-Tsao, chief of Digestive Diseases at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, on research developing non-invasive tools to diagnose cirrhosis.</p>
<p>Dr. Jangouk practices general gastroenterology with clinical expertise in colon cancer screening and gastrointestinal endoscopy, functional gastrointestinal disorders (including irritable bowel syndrome, chronic constipation and functional dyspepsia), inflammatory bowel diseases, liver diseases (viral hepatitis and cirrhosis) and obesity.</p>
<p>She is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. She is also board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology.</p>