Katrina Piggott received her medical degree from the University of Toronto. She completed her residency in internal medicine at McMaster University and subspecialty training in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto. She practices inpatient and outpatient geriatric medicine based at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

Katrina pursued a Masters in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME) at the University of Toronto. She now teaches in the IHPME masters program, and is the co-director for the Division of Geriatric Medicine Co-Learning Quality Improvement Training Program. Her scholarly work aims to improve care for older adults living in long-term care homes and living in the community, and improving care practices that create harm and waste in the healthcare system.  Her clinical interests include drug safety for older adults, delirium prevention, and improvement of safety and the older adult experience while admitted to hospital.