Claudia Lujan-Erceg, M.P.A.S., PA-C

Biography

Claudia Lujan-Erceg, M.P.A.S., PA-C, is a board-certified physician assistant (PA) in the Department of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Ms. Lujan-Erceg completed her undergraduate degree in biology and english literature at Swarthmore College. During college, she held internships at the NIH (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) and Stanford University. She was selected as a 2015 Venture for America fellow and worked in communications before returning to medicine. She completed her master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies at UT Southwestern in 2019. Upon graduation, she joined UTSW's outpatient psychiatry clinic as part of the treatment resistant depression (TRD) team. Ms. Lujan-Erceg maintains an interest in the humanities and medical writing, and enjoys teaching PA students.