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Erica M. Elliott

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in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, The United States

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Erica Elliott resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she has a busy medical practice.

Erica 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. She began her schooling in England, graduated from high school in Germany, and then studied art 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 int Erica Elliott resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she has a busy medical practice.

Erica 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. She began her schooling in England, graduated from high school in Germany, and then studied art 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 sheepherding 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, studying spiritual practices, and traveling abroad.

After graduating from University of Colorado Medical School and completing her residency in family practice in Denver, Erica worked in Cuba, New Mexico, where she fulfilled her National Health Service obligation. From there she worked in a number of settings including a clinic for indigent care, a local emergency room, a women’s clinic, a multispecialty clinic, and finally, in 1993, Dr. Elliott opened her own private practice in her co-housing community, The Commons, which she help found in the early 1990s.

Dr. Elliott’s unrelenting curiosity has led her on many eye-opening and heart-opening adventures. The years she spent living in foreign cultures, both as a child and an adult, enabled her to bring a fresh perspective to her life’s work.

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," "From Mountains to Medicine: Scaling the Heights in Search of My Calling," and "From Doctor to Healer."

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.

Be sure to visit her book platform at www.ericaelliottmd.com
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	Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert: My Life Among the Navajo People 4.44 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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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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