Melissa Erickson, MD

Melissa Erickson, MD, attended the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and was a family medicine resident at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2014, she joined UC Health Primary Care, seeing patients in Florence, Kentucky. In 2017, she joined the cancer survivorship team, addressing the unique set of needs of patients who had completed treatment for their cancer. She then extended her survivorship services to Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, seeing adult survivors of childhood cancers. As the medical director of cancer survivorship, she recognized an unmet need of cancer survivors, and established the regions first and only oncology primary care clinic for cancer survivors at the Barrett Cancer Center. Dr. Ericksons passion is ensuring that patients with a history of cancer receive optimal care of chronic health issues, often related to their cancer treatment, along with attention to overall wellness through healthy diet, exercise, smoking cessation and stress reduction. In her spare time, Dr. Erickson enjoys biking, listening to true crime podcasts, playing the clarinet, gardening and going to Cincinnati Reds games.Most of all, she loves spending time with her husband, son and daughter.