Miriam I. Redleaf, MD, CAQ, FACS is a Clinical Professor of Otology/Neurotology at the University of Illinois Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. She specializes in the ear, the facial nerve, and the nerves and canals leading to the ear. Dr. Redleaf is extensively published, having authored more than 95 scholarly articles. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Otolaryngology, holds a Certificate of Added Qualification in Neurotology, and in April 2021 became the second female ever to be awarded the American Otological Society Award of Merit.