Dr. Natalie Bzowej received her doctor of medicine degree from the University of Toronto Medical School in Canada in 1992. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Toronto's Wellesley Hospital in 1994 and Toronto Hospital in 1995.

In 1998, Dr. Bzowej completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of California Hospitals in San Francisco. She is board certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and transplant hepatology. Prior to coming to Ochsner, Dr. Bzowej was the Director of Clinical Hepatology Research - Liver Transplant Program at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, California.