Dr. Colleen LeBlanc is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist at the Children's Hospital New Orleans and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. She completed her medical education at LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport. She pursued her Pediatric Residency at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC, and went on to complete a Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Since joining LSU Health New Orleans as a faculty member in 2019, Dr. LeBlanc has taken on several key roles. She serves as the Program Director for the Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship at LSU and co-directs both the Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders (EGIDs) Clinic and the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Clinic, both of which align with her research interests. Dr. LeBlanc is also part of ImproveCareNow, a consortium dedicated to enhancing care for pediatric IBD patients. In addition to her clinical and research responsibilities, she actively works with first and second-year medical students in the CSI 101/102 & CSI 200, Houses Program.