Jay Yepuri, M.D.

Awards and Accreditation:

• 2021 TSGE Marcel Patterson – Robert Nelson Award
• Peer selected as one of the Top Doctors of Greater Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas Magazine
• Member, Texas Medical Association Leadership College Class of 2014
• Past-President, Texas Society for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
• Past-President, Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society
• Course Director, Practice Management Course, American College of Gastroenterology

Professional Affiliations

• American Medical Association
• American College of Gastroenterology
• American Gastroenterological Association
• American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Texas Society for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
• Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society
• Texas Medical Association
• Tarrant County Medical Society
• H.E.B. Cancer Committee

Specialization

• Colon Cancer Screening- As a leading gastroenterologist in Bedford and the surrounding Fort Worth, TX areas, Dr. Yepuri is an expert in colon cancer screening with colonoscopy. Early detection is the key to beating this cancer. Average-risk individuals should be screened for colon cancer beginning at 45 years of age.
• Endoscopy Specialist- An endoscopy is performed to uncover many upper-gastroenterology issues. An upper endoscopy or EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy) is a procedure where a flexible fiber optic camera with a light on the end (an endoscope) is advanced through mouth into the esophagus (swallowing tube) to the stomach and then the first part of the small intestine (duodenum).
• Hemorrhoids- Dr. Yepuri is an expert in hemorrhoid banding in Bedford and the surrounding Fort Worth, TX areas. Using the CRH O’Regan hemorrhoid banding system, Dr. Yepuri can treat your internal hemorrhoids in a few minutes using this painless non-surgical technique.