Tali Lando is a fellowship-trained pediatric otolaryngologist, airway surgeon, author, and speaker whose work bridges medicine and storytelling. She maintains a busy academic surgical practice at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center, with particular expertise in pediatric airway, swallowing disorders, sleep apnea, and sleep endoscopy. She is affiliated with New York Medical College of Touro University.

A graduate of Weill Cornell Medical College and the Cornell-Columbia ENT residency program, she completed her pediatric otolaryngology fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. A dedicated educator and mentor, she uses compelling clinical stories to teach the realities and humanity of medicine.

Her peer-reviewed scholarship spans pediatric airway management, foreign body aspiration, congenital neck masses, and laryngeal disorders, with work appearing in Laryngoscope, Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology, and the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. She has also contributed chapters to leading pediatric otolaryngology textbooks.

She is the author of Breathless: Surgical Tales from the Brink and Back, which brings readers inside the high-stakes world of pediatric surgery with an unflinchingly honest voice, and Hell & Back: Doctor & Patient, Wife & Mother, Dragon Slayer. Through speaking, podcasts, writing, and social media, she hopes to inspire medical students, residents, and future physicians while offering an authentic glimpse into the busy life of a surgeon, mother, and clinician. She shares updates on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.