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Erica M. Elliott

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in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, The United States

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Erica Elliott was born into a large family with a Swiss mother and an American father. Throughout her childhood, Erica moved with her family from one part of the world to another due to her father’s work. Her grade schooling began in England and ended in Germany where she graduated from high school. She pursued her interest in the arts in Florence, Italy, before returning to the States to attend college.

The seeds for becoming a medical doctor were first sown when she spent a summer in Switzerland learning from her uncle, an eccentric and brilliant medical doctor. It took many years before those seeds sprouted.

Erica came to medicine later than most medical students, after pursuing other careers and interests, including teaching grade school Erica Elliott was born into a large family with a Swiss mother and an American father. Throughout her childhood, Erica moved with her family from one part of the world to another due to her father’s work. Her grade schooling began in England and ended in Germany where she graduated from high school. She pursued her interest in the arts in Florence, Italy, before returning to the States to attend college.

The seeds for becoming a medical doctor were first sown when she spent a summer in Switzerland learning from her uncle, an eccentric and brilliant medical doctor. It took many years before those seeds sprouted.

Erica came to medicine later than most medical students, after pursuing other careers and interests, including teaching grade school and herding sheep on the Navajo Reservation, mountain climbing in the Andes while serving in the Peace Corps in South America, teaching Outward Bound students wilderness survival in the Rocky Mountains, and studying various spiritual practices.

After graduating from University of Colorado Medical School and completing her residency in family practice in Denver, Erica worked in a number of settings including a clinic for indigent care, a local emergency room, a women’s clinic, and a multi-specialty 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 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 in order to maintain good health. She is also the author of Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert: My Life among the Navajo People.

On her blog site, www.musingsmemoirandmedicine.com she writes articles 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.
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Erica Elliott and 1 other person liked Crystal Otto's review of Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert: My Life Among the Navajo People: "I am so glad to have read Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert - thank you to Erica Elliot for her poetic and honest writing style. She drew my right into this beautiful tale. I consider myself blessed to have been able to travel back in time to " Read more of this review »
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Erica Elliott and 1 other person liked Carol Hislop's review of Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert: My Life Among the Navajo People: "Beautifully written and very interesting. A word of warning though- if you read this you will feel like an underachiever. This woman is amazing- linguist, teacher, shepherd, weaver, doctor. I look forward to reading more of her work."
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“Without moving, I opened my eyes, and—Oh My God, I am being sniffed by a mountain lion, inches from my face!”
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“Palmer teaches that in all sectors of life, success flows from creating personal connections that are “soul to soul,” rather than “role to role.”
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