Alaa Abdelghani, MD, is a board-certified pediatric gastroenterologist and pediatric transplant hepatologist at Ochsner Health in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Abdelghani cares for infants, children and adolescents with digestive problems (inflammatory bowel disorder, celiac disease and eosinophilic esophagitis) and liver disorders. Her expertise includes pediatric liver disease (autoimmune liver disease and elevated liver enzymes), liver transplantation, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, cystic fibrosis-associated liver disease and genetic and congenital liver disorders (biliary atresia, Wilson's disease and progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis). She also manages liver disease complications including portal hypertension and esophageal varices.

Dr. Abdelghani earned her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree from the University of Khartoum in Khartoum, Sudan. She completed pediatric residency training in Khartoum, followed by training at Inova Children’s Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia. She completed fellowships in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition and pediatric transplant hepatology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Abdelghani is certified in pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology by the American Board of Pediatrics. Her research and quality-improvement work focuses on pediatric liver disease, liver transplantation, immunosuppression minimization and implementation of evidence-based practices. She serves on the Quality Improvement Committee of the Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation. Her work has received grant and award support from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Foundation.

Dr. Abdelghani partners with children and families to create individualized plans reflecting each patient’s needs and family goals. She joined Ochsner Health in 2026. Outside medicine, she enjoys traveling with her family and baking Middle Eastern sweets.