Miriam I. Redleaf, M.D.

Miriam I. Redleaf, M.D, is Louis J. Mayer Professor of Otology/Neurotology and heads the Otology/Neurotology Program and Audiology Division in 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 or coauthored more than 70 scholarly articles.  She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Otolaryngology, and holds a Certificate of Added Qualification in Neurotology.

Since 2012 she has been traveling to Ethiopia and teaching ENT residents and graduates (doctors) how to manage ear disease and operate on ears. Since 2014 she has been organizing Visual Amharic workshops twice a year for Deaf children, their parents and their teachers. She is currently training ENT residents at Addis Ababa University, St. Paul’s Hospital and Millennium Medical College, and soon at Mekelle University. She is coordinating and the country’s first 2-year Otology (Ear Surgery) Fellowship and will soon be supervising the country’s first 2-year Audiology (Hearing Services) training program. Finally, she is introducing the field of Auditory Rehabilitation to the few Speech Language Pathologists there.