Luz Helena Gutierrez Sanchez, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterologist

Dr. Luz Helena Gutierrez Sanchez is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist in Birmingham, AL with special training and skill in detecting, treating and testing for childhood digestive system disorders. As a Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Luz Helena Gutierrez Sanchez, MD performs medical diagnosis and treatment of conditions like lactose intolerance, childhood weight problems, food allergies, gastrointestinal bleeding, acid reflux, liver disease, and pancreas disorders. Pediatric Gastroenterology is a specialty of internal medicine that deals with disorders of children's digestive systems. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Pediatric Gastroenterologists include pancreatitis, childhood obesity, lactose intolerance, inflammatory bowel disease, food intolerance, nausea and vomiting, chronic diarrhea, nutritional problems, and feeding disorders. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Gastroenterologists include abdominal ultrasound, colonoscopy, gastrointestinal endoscopy, MRI, and CT scan, barium enema, gastric banding, organ biopsy, and upper gastrointestinal series.

A pediatrician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the digestive systems of infants, children and adolescents. This specialist treats conditions such as abdominal pain, ulcers, diarrhea, cancer and jaundice and performs complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures using lighted scopes to see internal organs.

Pediatric Transplant Hepatologist

A pediatrician with expertise in transplant hepatology encompasses the special knowledge and skill required of pediatric gastroenterologists to care for patients prior to and following hepatic transplantation; it spans all phases of liver transplantation.