
About Claudia Sanmiguel, MD
Claudia P. Sanmiguel, MD, an experienced Gastroenterologist, is board-certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine. She is committed to using her skills to provide high-quality, compassionate care to patients with gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. Dr. Sanmiguel’s primary clinical interest and research areas are gastrointestinal motility disorders, including GERD, gastroesophageal disorders, constipation, and fecal incontinence. She has expertise in sophisticated GI motility tests to assess patients with GI disorders.
Dr. Sanmiguel has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and scientific reviews in innovative treatments for GERD, constipation, gastroparesis, and brain-gut-microbiome interactions. She earned her medical degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia; completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles; and her fellowship in Gastroenterology at the University of California in Los Angeles. She also completed research fellowships in gastrointestinal motility at the University of Alberta in Canada and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio.
Dr. Sanmiguel loves reading international spy novels, biographies, European XX century authors, magical realism novels by Garcia Marquez, and everything in between. When not with her patients, Dr. Sanmiguel loves to travel, enjoys good food and music, and skiing (even if she is not that good at it), and spending time with family and friends.
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This provider took the time to ask me questions, explain, addressed my concerns and order some tests to get to the bottom of my issues.
Providence PatientThe doctor was very thorough.
Providence PatientDr. Sanmiguel spent a lot of time with me, listened carefully, answered all of my questions, and provided concrete next steps. She was warm, knowledgeable, practical, and proactive.
Providence PatientDr Sanmiguel was wonderful! She was so attentive and detailed and warm and kind. I felt she really heard me and listened very carefully.
Providence PatientVery happy good experience
Providence PatientDr San Miguel seems to be very knowledgeable and caring.
Providence PatientNone with Gastro Special provider really happy with her was really a pleasure see her. I will probably change my regular provider in the future not 100% happy still thinking about.
Providence PatientDr Sanmiguel listened to all of my concerns, wants to help me have a good quality of life & be well.
Providence PatientThis was my first visit with Dr. San Miguel and she is awesome. She was very thorough and kind. She gave me extra advice on diet..I really like her alot. She made me feel comfortable and I wish all physicians were as attentive and kind as she is! I will definitely see her again!!
Providence PatientAlthough she's a GI doc, she considered impact of PPIs on bones, etc. Had access to and considered all the recent bloodwork from my primary care doc
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