Dr. Natasha Bollegala Hon BSc, MD, MSc (Clin Epi), FRCPC is a staff gastroenterologist at Women’s College Hospital, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto (UofT). She is a clinician in quality and innovation and completed an Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, an MSc in clinical epidemiology and healthcare research at UofT in 2016, the Eliot Phillipson Clinician Scientist Training Program and the Clinician Investigator Program at the University of Toronto.
She serves as Vice President for the Ontario Association of Gastroenterology (OAG) and Vice-Chair of the section of gastroenterology, Ontario Medical Association. Dr. Bollegala conducts research with a particular focus on pediatric to adult transition of care and is co-principal investigator for a national prospective randomized control trial evaluating the impact of comprehensive transition program, part of the Promoting Access to Care in IBD (PACE) quality improvement program of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada (CCC). She co-chairs the Canadian IBD Transition Network (CITE). She has published and presented on the topic of gender in gastroenterology. Dr Bollegala has primary or senior authored multiple peer reviewed international publications related to pediatric to adult transition of care in IBD. She is a sought-after speaker, both nationally and internationally and is recognized as a national expert in the emerging field of women in gastroenterology.
