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Erica came to medicine later than most medical students, after pursuing other careers and interests. She taught grade school on the Navajo Reservation where she learned to speak the Navajo language and was able to cross the cultural divide and enter a world that white people never see. She returned many years later to serve the Navajo people as a doctor.
While serving in the Peace Corps in South America, she joined an all-male climbing club and scaled some of the highest glaciated mountains in the western hemisphere. She was the first American woman to reach the summit of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the western hemisphere. On one of the mountains in Ecuador with several adjacent peaks, she did a first ascent of one of those peaks which was subsequently given her name by the climbing club.
When she returned to the US, she worked for Outward Bound, teaching the students rock climbing and wilderness survival in the Rocky Mountains. At the same time, she got her master’s degree in outdoor education and her license as an EMT.
After graduating from University of Colorado Medical School and completing her residency in family practice in Denver, Erica worked in several medical settings including a clinic for indigent care, a local emergency room, a women’s clinic, and a multispecialty clinic.
In 1993, Dr. Elliott opened her own private practice in her co-housing community, called The Commons, which she helped found in the early 1990s. In 2015, she gave a TEDx talk about living in co-housing.
Dr. Elliott is board certified in both family practice and environmental medicine. She has been nicknamed the “Medical Detective" due to her skills at finding the underlying causes of puzzling medical problems that have not responded to conventional medical care. Her skills have attracted patients to her clinic from all parts of the country and abroad.
Over the years, Erica has written articles, given radio talks, interviews, webinars, and gave weeklong workshops at both Esalen and Omega Institutes. She is the co-author of Prescriptions for a Healthy House, a useful resource guide for transforming one’s home into a sanctuary for maintaining good health. She is also the author of a memoir trilogy which includes 1) Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert: My Life among the Navajo People, 2) From Mountains to Medicine: Scaling the Heights in Search of My Calling, and 3) From Doctor to Healer.
On her blog site, www dot musingsmemoirandmedicine dot com she writes article about topics in medicine that give the readers a different perspective on healing various conditions. She also writes excerpts from her memoirs, along with healthy recipes, and descriptions of her various trips abroad. Her book platform is www dot ericaelliottmd dot com
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