Natasha Prodan-Bhalla

Dr. Natasha Prodan-Bhalla is responsible for providing strategic leadership to nursing and allied health professionals across PHSA, for leading the development of a quality framework that includes patient engagement and experience, the PHSA policy office, accreditation, and ethics and spiritual care. Natasha also serves in an advisory capacity as the Provincial Chief Nursing Officer with the B.C. Ministry of Health.

Prior to this role, Natasha was the Collaborative Practice Leader for Nurse Practitioners with PHSA and still works as a Nurse Practitioner at BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre one day a week in the Heart Program for Women and the Access Clinic. Natasha completed her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from the University of Colorado, holds a Master of Nursing, Adult Nurse Practitioner degree from the University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Western Ontario. Natasha also holds a post-master Family Nurse Practitioner certificate from the University of Massachusetts, is a North American Menopause Practitioner and holds a Cardiovascular Nursing Certification from the Canadian Nursing Association. She is a fellow of both the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Canadian Academy of Nursing. She is an adjunct professor in the Schools of Nursing at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. She was a founding board member of the Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC and is the current co-chair of the National Principle Nurses Advisors Task Force.