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Praise for Empowered Sleep Apnea: A Handbook For Patients and the People Who Care About Them
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“…an invaluable resource for healthcare professionals starting their journey in sleep medicine.”
—Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
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“I have known Dr. McCarty and been aware of his passion for taking the best possible care of sleep patients since his LSUHSC Sleep Fellowship. He was one of our outstanding Sleep Medicine Fellows. During his training he impressed our program with his compassion, quality patient care and stellar teaching, to the extent that we then hired him to join our Sleep Medicine Faculty after his graduation.
During his eight years there, he became one of our most highly regarded teachers, not only in Sleep Medicine but in the general student diagnostic and the simulation training programs, in which he also taught. He was also gifted at educating his patients in ways that helped them understand their sleep problems and treatment options.
His current endeavors use his degree in English and his original medical training in Primary Care, along with his passion and expertise in Sleep Medicine, for the Empowered Sleep Apnea project. The curriculum is presented in a style understandable without a medical degree and yet extends his work to provide unique teaching tools suitable not only for patients, but which will also benefit sleep trainees and others interested in expanding their own teaching knowledge and tools. It has benefits to patients as well as sleep disorders health care workers who want an entertaining, in-depth understanding of sleep medicine, especially the evolving area of Sleep Apnea.
No doubt you will find his Empowered Sleep Apnea: A Handbook for Patients and the People Who Care About Them a much more entertaining read that the typical sleep textbook and yet will finish with additional educational tools to use for teaching, in addition to an expanded knowledge about sleep apnea.”
Andrew L. Chesson, Jr. MD
Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine
Professor Emeritus Neurology and Division of Sleep Medicine
LSU Health Sciences Center – Shreveport
Past President, American Academy of Sleep Medicine
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“If you’ve just been diagnosed with sleep apnea, Empowered Sleep Apnea is a good place to start.”
—Graham Stoney, Sleep Apnea advocate, blogger, and survivor
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“Great authors can take complex and sometimes overwhelming information and present it in a fashion that is understandable and enjoyable to read. That is exactly what McCarty and Stothard have accomplished for their readers…
…I wish I had read this book first, before all the lectures, articles, and books throughout my career, as I tried to figure out my journey in Dental Sleep Medicine.”
—John A. Krasowski, DDS LVIF
Krasowski JA. Book Review: Empowered Sleep Apnea. Featured in:
CRANIO ®, 41:1,92-92. Published online 4 Jan 2023 DOI: 10.1080/08869634.2022.2161161
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“The process, experience, and ultimate success of treatment for sleep disordered breathing in today’s healthcare system is daunting for the patient. With unique narrative and style, Drs. McCarty & Stothard’s beautiful book educates and thus “empowers” a person to be able to navigate this very complex condition with confidence. The book is also excellent for the clinician, scientifically sound, and well-referenced while being a fun read. Uniquely, it helps the practitioner view, and understand the issues from the patient’s perspective.
For me, it is one of the most meaningful books I have read and has truly affected and I think improved the way I practice.”
—W. Keith Thornton, DDS
Founder, SleepWell Solutions
Founder, Airway Management, Inc and inventor of the Thornton Adjustable Positioner (TAP) oral appliance
Innovator in Airway-Centered Dentistry
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“…a splendid job of combining scientific data, practical and straightforward advice, and zany, confident cartoons…chock full of useful information as it guides readers through expert opinions on diagnosis, appliances, surgeries, and such alternative therapies as playing the didgeridoo and singing, as well as resources for further study.
For students planning to specialize in this field, this book is a gold mine: a user-friendly textbook that’s well-organized, friendly, and clear.”
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“Sleep Apnea is a common condition that can damage health and quality of life if left untreated. Many of my patients perceive this diagnosis as an incomprehensible condition, with odd or even unthinkable treatments. Some going through the process tell me it frightens them, making them feel overwhelmed and powerless. I know for a fact that many of my patients avoid talking about sleep, because the prospect of having “an astronaut mask strapped to a blowing machine” is simply untenable.
THIS BOOK IS A GAME CHANGER, because it magically makes that fear disappear. Empowered Sleep Apnea artfully clarifies the morass of Sleep Apnea science into a whimsically-illustrated literary tour de force that’s clear and extremely enjoyable to read. After the journey of Empowered Sleep Apnea, readers emerge with more than facts—they close the book with a complete and intuitive understanding. Transformed. Empowered.
If you have Sleep Apnea, I say this: READ THIS BOOK!
I’m buying two copies, so I can have one in each exam room.”
Coco Dughi, MD
Mayo Clinic-trained, Board Certified Internist,
Board Certified Geriatrician
Winner, BOULDER WEEKLY Reader’s Choice: Best Medical Doctor in Boulder, 2021
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“This book is a marvel. Don’t let the friendly tone fool you. Empowered Sleep Apnea is serious patient-centered teaching, presented in such an engaging way, you hardly realize it when you’ve learned something.
McCarty and Stothard’s magical Island is a safe and empowering place to be, and the geography they describe erases borders in Sleep Apnea management. This wondrous patient-centered space is available to all providers caring for this complex disorder.
Whether you are a Sleep Medicine specialist, an Airway-Centered Dentist, a sleep psychologist, or a primary care physician, you’ll enjoy bonding with your patient over this book, all while helping them discover better sleep and better health. Empowered Sleep Apnea is a masterpiece in the landscape of patient-centered education.”
Pat McBride, PhD, CCSH
Executive Board of Directors, American Academy of Dental and Physiological Medicine
Executive Director for The Foundation for Airway Health
Advisory Board for The Endeavour: A think tank of multidisciplinary practitioners created to develop messaging, education and treatment protocols to address the multiple issues facing airway, health and development issues in 0-71 month old children around the world
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“In today’s modern yet fractured healthcare landscape, the most likely casualty is the individual patient’s narrative, which all too often gets lost in the fray. This book beautifully puts the patient’s narrative back at the center of the conversation, all within the structure of a glorious, beautiful, magical adventure. The Isle is a perfect spot for all of us to gain our bearings, as we navigate and adventure through the difficult terrain of Sleep Apnea. Empowered Sleep Apnea will delight providers and patients alike with an engaging and humorous approach that includes both historical context and the scientific rigor required of a Sleep Medicine textbook but without any of the dryness.
Empowered Sleep Apnea is an absolute must-read, for providers and patients alike.
It’s a wonderful reminder of what it means to be a healer.”
William Lester, MD, MS
Massachusetts General Hospital-trained board-certified internist
Primary Care Internist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical Informatacist, Harvard Medical School
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“Dave McCarty is the best teacher with the biggest heart I've ever encountered on this journey. This book is a labor of love to help anyone who has been diagnosed with Sleep Apnea, anyone who has a family member with this diagnosis, anyone with so-called “simple snoring” ( there's no such thing), and anyone in health care with the responsibility to diagnose these folks and provide them with individualized, patient-centered treatment.
RUN. DON'T WALK. BUY AND READ THIS BOOK. It will change your f***ing life!”
Tom Colquitt, DDS, FACD
Pioneer in Airway - Centered Dentistry
Past President, American Academy of Restorative Dentistry
Past President, International Academy of Gnathology
Adjunct Professor, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Shreveport, LA '
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“As an eleven-year veteran deep in the weeds of sleep medicine clinical practice, I’ve learned that no matter how much you think you know, and no matter how good you think you are, SLEEP is a complex and rapidly-evolving specialty. As such, the challenge is in educating and empowering our patients.
Empowered Sleep Apnea provides a geographic roadmap to present the complex journey of Sleep Apnea to my patients, in an entertaining and easily-digestible way.
I learned how to manage CPAP devices years ago, but I personally learned how to manage patients from Dave McCarty. I cannot recommend Empowered Sleep Apnea enough! It’s the guide our specialty has desperately needed!
I would encourage not only my patients, but every sleep medicine provider to read…and then read again.
Trust me, I do this for a living!”
Darrin Guitreau, M.S., PA-C
Certified for CBTi
Sleep Medicine educator
Chest Medicine Associates, Maine
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“Written with humor, compassion, and understanding, this spirited, cool and vastly entertaining romp is a wild scavenger-hunt for the true human treasure called SLEEP.
This is a must-read for not just Sleep Apnea patients, but anyone who cares for them (and anyone who cares about SLEEP, for that matter!).
Empowered Sleep Apnea is a new masterpiece in popular scientific literature.
Look out, world! The age of EMPOWERMENT has arrived!”
Oleg Y. Chernyshev, MD, PhD, FAASM
Associate Professor of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) School of Medicine (Shreveport, LA)
Chief, LSUHSC Division of Sleep Medicine
Director, LSUHSC Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program
Member, American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Fellowship Directors Committee
Member and past chair, AASM Fellowship “Boot Camp” Planning Committee
Winner, 2021 Change Agents People’s Choice Award: “Mobile Sleep Medicine Care Model” SLEEP DISRUPTERS competition, AASM annual meeting “SLEEP”, 2021
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