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Dr. Monteith is an Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. She is the Chief of the Headache Division and the program director for the United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS) Headache Medicine fellowship program. Dr. Monteith received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at Florida International University prior to obtaining a medical degree at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. She received her Neurology residency training at New York University, and then pursued two fellowships in headache medicine at Thomas Jefferson University and University of California, San Francisco.

Dr Monteith currently serves on the editorial board for the American Migraine Foundation and the American Academy of Neurology’s Brain and Life Magazine. She also serves on the Diversity Officers Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the American Neurological Association’s Addressing the Pipeline for Academic Neurology Leadership Workgroup. She is the Headache Topic Chair for the 2022 AAN Annual Meeting Scientific Program abstract review process. Previously, she was the founding chair of the New Investigator Trainee (NIT) Section of the American Headache Society (AHS). During her tenure, she developed multiple programs including a Telementoring Series, the First Junior Forum, the NIT Research Tournament, and the NIH Forum. Previously, she also served on the AHS Bylaws and Ad Hoc Education Committees.