Erin Pierce, NP

Erin Pierce specializes in medical oncology at Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center. She graduated from Louisiana State University in December 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and received a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of South Alabama in December 2015. Erin is also the manager of Ochsner Healths Precision Cancer Therapies Program (PCTP), the only cancer Phase 1 research program between Houston and Birmingham. She currently serves as a sub-investigator for over 100 clinical trials and is the first and only advanced practice provider serving as a primary investigator on an early phase cancer clinical trial in the state of Louisiana. Erin is a leader in the nurse practitioner profession, being one of very few advanced practice providers in the world, to serve as principal investigator in early-phase prospective cancer treatment trials. Over the years, she has developed a very specialized practice based on providing the worlds newest and most innovative cancer therapies to the sickest cancer patients in Louisiana, including those who have tried and failed all known therapies for their cancers. Prior to joining the team as a nurse practitioner, Erin worked as a registered nurse for Ochsners chemotherapy infusion. After both of her parents successfully battled cancer, Erin was inspired to become an oncology nurse practitioner and has devoted her career to fighting cancer and sparked her interest in clinical cancer research/drug development. Erin is certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is a member of several organizations including the Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and the Oncology Nursing Society. Her special areas of interest are genitourinary and early phase clinical trials. She has authored multiple publications and presented both poster and podium presentations at national meetings. She has helped to raise nearly $3 million for Ochsners Precision Cancer Therapies Program and $15,000 for the American Cancer Society. For her contributions, she was Ochsner Health Systems 2017 recipient of the Advanced Practice Provider of the year award, the 2020 Ochsner Nursing Excellence Advanced Practice Provider of the Year and the 2022 American Academy of Nurse Practitioner State Excellence Award winner for the state of Louisiana.