Dr. Erica Holland

Biography

Erica Holland, MD, is an Assistant Professor at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at Cornell University and earned her Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Holland completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston University/Boston Medical Center and furthered her education with fellowships in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Bioethics at Harvard Medical School. She is dedicated to caring for patients with substance use disorders that affect pregnancy and the postpartum period. Her research interests include the role of urine drug testing in pregnancy, management of opioid use disorder during pregnancy, pain management in childbirth, and ethical issues surrounding the care of pregnant individuals. Dr. Holland actively serves on the Boston Medical Center Ethics Committee and as Vice Chair of the ACOG Ethics Committee, where she advocates for the ethical considerations of urine drug testing in pregnant patients and addresses racial disparities in postpartum pain management. Her commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion stems from her experiences that revealed the profound stigma and mistrust faced by patients with medical conditions, particularly those from marginalized communities.

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