The Empowered Sleep Apnea project is a cross-platform educational juggernaut co-created by David E. McCarty MD FAASM and Ellen Stothard, PhD. The project embraces multiple platforms to teach about the complexity of decision-making in clinical Sleep Medicine, doing so with an unprecedented amount of creativity and fun!
The project comprises a website (www.EmpoweredSleepApnea.com), a blog--Dave's Notes (https://www.empoweredsleepapnea.com/daves-notes), a fully rad PODCAST full of cartoons, storytelling, humor, and music (https://www.empoweredsleepapnea.com/episodes)...
...and (of course) the source material for all the zaniness of the ESA universe--the "Beautiful Blue Book" Empowered Sleep Apnea: A Handbook For Patients and the People Who Care About Them (https://www.empoweredsleepapnea.com/the-book)...
...not to mention scads of cartoons published in print media, and a project-branded children's book entitled "THE NOSE RULES".
We encourage you to have fun exploring the Empowered Sleep Apnea metaverse...where it's more fun to have FUN, and EMPOWERMENT SAVES! :) :) :)
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Contributors to the Empowered Sleep Apnea project:
David E McCarty MD FAASM (project co-creator) is a board-certified Sleep Medicine physician. He attended medical school at Duke, completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Harvard's Massachusetts General Hospital, and his Sleep Medicine fellowship at LSU Shreveport. He has been a lifelong cartoonist and amateur musician, and has had a blast bringing these elements into his work as a teacher and collaborator, particularly when it means making art with his kid (see below)! He is the Chief Medical Officer at Rebis Health (www.RebisHealth.org).
Ellen Stothard PhD (project co-creator) is a real-world data scientist with a passion for Sleep Physiology. During her academic training with circadian sleep scientist Dr. Kenneth Wright, Dr. Stothard worked on the lauded and highly spoken-about "Camping Studies" project, a fascinating study that demonstrates a simple weekend in the mountains can be powerful medication for the circadian rhythm! She is the Chief Science Officer at Rebis Health (www.RebisHealth.org).
Rebekah St. James is a creative, author, podcast host, and airway health advocate. The native Texan now lives in Michigan with her two black cats where they spend weekends camping along the stunning Michigan coastlines and exploring amazing culinary spots throughout the state. [Rebekah created "THE NOSE RULES!" project, wrote the story, and created the book's layout.]
Iola C.E. McCarty is painter, bird-owner, and art school dropout. They listen to cool music, like 100 Gecs and Mother Mother. This is their first published work.[Iola was colorist for "THE NOSE RULES!" project].
