Erica Elliott

MD (Medical Doctor)

Erica Elliott is a medical doctor with a busy practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has been nicknamed "The Health Detective" for her ability to solve medical mysteries. Erica is also an author of two books, "Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert: My Life Among the Navajo People" and her more recent memoir, "From Mountains to Medicine: Scaling the Heights in Search of My Calling." She has given talks and workshops in various venues throughout the country, including Omega Institute and Esalen Institute. She is an inveterate storyteller.

Erica has lived in many different countries and cultures. She speaks several languages, has been a school teacher on the Navajo Reservation, a Peace Corp volunteer in South America, has climbed some of the highest peaks in the world, taught for Outward Bound--all before deciding later in life to become a medical doctor. Eventually she left mainstream medicine to practice on her own, following her own inner wisdom about healing chronic illness.

Erica was on of the founders of a co-housing community in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she raised her son. She gave a TED talk on the subject in 2015.

Erica writes a blog that is a mixture of cutting edge medical information, memoir, healthy recipes, and travel. The website is www.musingsmemoirandmedicine.com