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Airway First
by Children's Airway First Foundation
Welcome to Airway First - A Parent's Guide to Sleep and Airway Health for Children Each episode explores the topic of children's sleep and airway health with medical professionals and clinicians. Some of the topics discussed include: Sleep Health Practices for Children Mouth Breathing / Nasal Breathing / Proper Breathing Signs and Symptoms of Airway Dysfunction in Children Treatment Options for Oral Dysfunction Pediatric Airway Dentistry and Myofunctional Therapy Parent Stories Early Childhood Development Our focus is on providing you with the education and tools you need to help guide your child toward better sleep, airway health, and a life where they can thrive. You can find more resources on our website at www.childrensairwayfirst.org.
Episodes
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S9:E86 - Dr. Neel Bulchandani: How Bodywork and Chiropractic Medicine Can Support Moms and Babies
Our guest today is Dr. Neel Bulchandani, a holistic chiropractor, bodyworker, movement teacher, podcaster, and philosopher. He utilizes systems thinking in a field he developed called Integrative Airway & Feeding Chiropractic. He graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 2008. He created…
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S9:E85 - Dr. David McIntosh: Epigenetics, ADHD, and Mental Health - the Sleep/Airway Connection
Our guest today is Dr. David McIntosh, a Pediatric ENT Specialist with a particular interest in airway obstruction, facial and dental development, and its relationship to ENT airway problems, and middle ear disease. He is also passionate about Indigenous Health. He has undertaken advanced…
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S9:E84 - Dr. David McIntosh: Epigenetics, ADHD, and Mental Health - the Sleep/Airway Connection
Our guest today is Dr. David McIntosh, a Pediatric ENT Specialist with a particular interest in airway obstruction, facial and dental development, and its relationship to ENT airway problems, and middle ear disease. He is also passionate about Indigenous Health. He has undertaken advanced…
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S9:E83 - Claire Duque: The Story of a Myofunctional Therapist and Her Son's Airway Journey
Our guest today is Claire Duque, a Myofunctional Therapist & Occupational Therapist. Before being trained in myofunctional therapy, Claire served the adult population as an occupational therapist. Having a child with airway issues ignited her passion for this space and her desire to help kids and...
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S8:E82 - Mallory Roberts: Oral Mapping, Bottle Feeding, and Nasal Hygiene for Babies
My guest today is Mallory Roberts--- a Speech Pathologist trained in craniosacral therapy, myo-functional therapy, and infant massage. She is particularly interested in infant reflux, infant oral development, and bottle feeding. Through her professional work and due to the lack of support during...
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S8:E81 - Jordan Rusk: Preparing Your Child for an In-Lab Sleep Study
My guest today is Jordan Rusk, BS, RPSGT, CCSH. As the Program Director at Lone Star College-Kingwood and an RPSGT, her work revolves around advancing healthcare education in sleep medicine and providing career opportunities for individuals with a passion for healthcare and helping others. At…
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S8:E80 - Dmitry Spektor: In-Lab Sleep Study Procedures for Children
My guest today is Dmitry Spektor, RPSGT, CCSH. Dmitry is a registered sleep technologist with over 20 years of experience in all aspects of sleep disorder medicine, sleep research, and clinical trials. He is the Sleep Lab Operations Manager for Pediatric Sleep Specialists in Texas (offices...
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S8:E79 - Jatin Tekchandani: Understanding a Sleep Study Report
My guest today is Jatin Tekchandani, recently elected Vice President of the Texas Society of Sleep Professionals, who is a multifaceted expert in sleep medicine and data analytics. With a diverse background spanning polysomnography, engineering, and leadership roles, his career encompasses...
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S8:E78 - Jenny Gay: A Parent's Airway Journey
My guest today is mom of three, Jenny Gay. Jenny and her family have been on an airway journey that includes all three of her sons and herself. In this episode, Jenny shares her ups and downs, tips, and many of the resources she has found along the way. She hopes this information will help other...
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S8:E77 - Dr. Marielly Mitchell: Feeding Therapy, Baby Biohacking, and Proper Airway Management
Show Notes: Throughout the episode, Dr. Mitchell mentions several resources that may be useful for both parents and medical professionals. This blog post is dedicated on providing all of that supporting material: TherePlay LA - Dr. Marielly Mitchell's website MyoMunchee Breath: The New Science of…
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S8:E76 - Dr. Hilary Pada: We're All Just Grown-up Babies / CO2llaborative Care (Part 2)
My guest today is Dr. Hilary Pada. Hilary was raised with an appreciation of nature, family, community, and creativity. Born and raised in Kelowna, Hilary returned home after University years having backpacked in Africa, Europe, Central America and lots of road trips through Canada! A 2000…
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S8:E75 - Dr. Hilary Pada: We're All Just Grown-up Babies / CO2llaborative Care (Part 1)
My guest today is Dr. Hilary Pada. Hilary was raised with an appreciation of nature, family, community, and creativity. Born and raised in Kelowna, Hilary returned home after University years having backpacked in Africa, Europe, Central America and lots of road trips through Canada! A 2000…
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S8:E74 - Dr. Kevin Coppelson: The Breathe Institute and Orthognathic Surgery
My guest today is Dr. Kevin Coppelson. Dr. Kevin Coppelson is a board-certified and fellowship-trained Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon practicing at The Breathe Institute in Southern California. He practices a broad range of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery- with a focus on skeletal augmentation for the...
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S8:E73 - Maggie Lavender, MSN, RN, FNP-C: Sleep, Narcolepsy, and Kid's Health
My guest today is Maggie Lavender - a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner licensed in Texas with specialization in Sleep Disorders Medicine and Neurology. She attended Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She began her...
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S8:E72 - Natalie Udwin: Getting to the Root Cause with Occupational Therapy
My guest today is Occupational Therapist, Natalie "Nat" Udwin. Nat is an infant development, airway and reflexive feeding specialist. Most people know them on Instagram as "Nat The Baby OT". Nat has a B.A. in Studio Art from Whitman College and a M.S. in Occupational Therapy from Milligan College...
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S8:E71 - Dr. Claire Stagg: Everything Starts with the Mouth
My guest today is Dr. Claire Stagg. Dr. Stagg's academic journey began at the University of Bordeaux, France, where she earned her Doctorate in Dental Surgery (DDS) in 1982. With a relentless thirst for knowledge, she has amassed over 2,700 hours of additional training, with an emphasis in TMJ /...
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S8:E70 - Kelley Rubio: Sleep, Breathing, and Mental Health in Children
My guest today is Kelley Rubio, an Arizona native and US Army veteran with a heartfelt commitment to pediatric care since 1996. Her practice has two locations in the Phoenix Valley and she works with patients in person and via Telehealth. As a licensed dental hygienist, she specializes in...
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S7:E69 - Dr. Mark Levi: Craniofacial Dental Sleep Medicine
My guest today is Dr. Mark Levi. Dr. Levi has over 30 years experience as a Dentist, and over 20 years in Craniofacial Dental Sleep Medicine. He is a member of the Australasian Sleep Association, American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine and European Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine. As a former...
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S7:E68: Special SEC Guest Panel - Sleep and Airway Education for Parents
Today's episode is a bit different in that I have invited a panel of luminaries and medical professionals who are passionate about airway and sleep health. Each of today's guests participated, in some form or fashion, in the SEC Sleep Conference that was held in Houston, Texas earlier this month....
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S7:E67 - Dr. Julia Sadove-Lopez: Helping Parents Find Support
My guest today is Dr. Julia Sadove-Lopez. She is a biological dentist, accredited by the IAOMT. She attended dental school in Indiana and went on to practice dentistry at a holistic dental practice in Chicago. She was able to work closely in collaboration with Dr. Kevin Boyd, even serving as a...
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S7:E66 - Jackie Christansen: When Normal Isn't Norma - A Paren't Story
My guest today is Jackie Christiansen, a Danish mom who moved to the United States in 2018 with her husband. She and her family now live in Houston, Texas with their four-year-old daugher, Laura, who has been diagnosed with sleep disordered breathing. In Denmark, Jackie was a registered nurse and...
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S7:E65 - Dr. Tracy Tran: Tongue-Ties and The Negative Impacts of Compensation Due to Oral Dysfunction
My guest today is Dr. Tracy Tran. Dr. Tran is a Board-Certified Pediatric Dentist who specializes in infant & pediatric oral ties, as well as pediatric sleep issues. She is a Michigan native who first landed in Southern California to attend dental school at USC's Ostrow School of Dentistry. After...
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S7:E64 - Sharon Moore: Sleep Wrecked Kids
My guest today is the one Sharon Moore is a speech pathologist and myofunctional practitioner with thirty-eight years of clinical experience across a range of communication and swallowing disorders. She has worked in diverse clinical settings in Australia and London. Currently, Sharon runs a...
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S7:E63 - Dr. Felix Liao: Your Child's Best Face
My guest today is Dr. Felix Liao a thought leader and healthcare innovator who has restored the mouth back to the body as a vital organ for many patients’ natural health and wellness. His WholeHealth philosophy integrates mind-body-mouth to produce breakthrough outcomes. Among dentists, Dr. Liao…
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S7:E62 - Dr. Shereen Lim - Palatal Expansions in Kids
My guest today is Dr. Shereen Lim, a Perth-based dentist with a postgraduate diploma in dental sleep medicine from the University of Western Australia. As one of Australia’s first handful of dentists to obtain a qualification in dental sleep medicine, she has spent more than a decade working with...
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S7:E61 - The Nose is the Key and the First 1,000 Days - Dr. Sandra Kahn
My guest today is Dr. Sandra Kahn, DDS, MSD - a graduate from the University of Mexico and the University of the Pacific with 25 years of clinical experience in orthodontics. She has been part of the craniofacial anomalies team at UC San Francisco and Stanford University. Her graduate work at the...
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S7:E60: Jackie Becerra-Lising, Amanda Gurrola, Dr. Vanessa Peterson - Down Syndrome and Airway
My guests today are Jackie Becerra-Lising, Amanda Gurrola, and Dr. Vanessa Peterson. Jackie, is a dental hygiene graduate from Loma Linda University and has been practicing as a clinical dental hygienist for the past 19 years. Since having her second child with Down Syndrome and having limited...
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S7 : E59 - Dr. Pejman Katiraei: Mold, ADHD, Autism, and Airway
My guest today is Dr. Pejman Katiraei. Dr. Pejman Katiraei is a board-certified pediatrician who is also boarded and fellowship trained in integrative medicine. He completed his undergraduate at UCLA and obtained his osteopathic medical degree at Western University of Health Sciences. He…
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S7:E58 - Courtney Robertson: Myofunctional Therapy and Telehealth
My guest today is Courtney Robertson, a dedicated Registered Dental Hygienist with over 11 years of experience. In recent years, Courtney has honed her expertise in Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy, a passion she pursues in her hometown of Ottawa, Ontario. There she proudly established one of the...
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S6:E57 - Dr. Andrew Maxwell: Dysautonomia and Ehlers Danlos
My guest today is Dr. Andrew J. Maxwell. Dr. Maxwell is a Board Certified Pediatric Cardiologist and Pediatrician. He received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins Medical School and a Residency in Pediatrics at The University of California at San Francisco followed by clinical and research...
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S6:E56 - Michelle Emanuel: TummyTime, Breastfeeding, and Sensorimotor Skills
My guest today is Michelle Emanuel. Michelle has 28+ years experience as a Pediatric Occupational Therapist, with specific focus on posture, movement and connection for the precrawling baby. She has a background in neonatal intensive care (NICU), pediatric intensive care (PICU), cardiac intensive...
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S6:E55 - Dr. Catherine Murphy: Holistic Orthodontics
My guest today is Dr. Catherine Murphy. As an independent contractor and consultant, Dr. Murphy helps orthodontic practices establish or enhance their orthodontic departments through specialized program-based guidance, including patient care. Dr. Murphy shares her passion for holistic dentistry...
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S6:E54 - Karese Laguerre: The Vagus Nerve and Airway Connection
My guest today is Karese Laguerre, a Registered Dental Hygienist, and Myofunctional Therapist. She founded The Myo Spot, a practice aimed at amplifying oral wellness to whole-body wellness. Through teletherapy, she helps clients of all ages overcome tongue ties, TMJ disorders, sleep apnea,...
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S6:E53 - Molly Peterson: Parenting Through the Airway Journey
My guest today is Molly Peterson - wife, mom of two, and photographer from Virginia. She and her husband have been on an airway journey with their children for several years. She sat down to share her story, resources, and advice for other parents. Show Notes: Breath: The New Science of a Lost…
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S6:E52 - Amey Fields: Breastfeeding Is Not Just About the Latch
My guest today is Amey Fields, an Internationally Board-Certified Lactation Consultant and labor and delivery nurse with over 20 years of experience helping moms and babies with breastfeeding. She started working as a labor and delivery nurse in 1998 and in 2010, was given the opportunity to run...
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S6:E51 - Dr. Larry Kotlow: Parent's Guide to Tongue Ties
My guest today is Dr. Lawrence Kotlow a board-certified pediatric dentist — a specialist dedicated to treating children, from birth, infants, and toddlers since 1974. His practice specializes in preventive dentistry, newborn and infant care, the use of lasers for restoring decayed teeth, and oral...
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S6:E50 - Dr. Brock Rondeau: Treating the Jaw for Overall Health
My guest today is Dr. Brock Rondeau. Dr. Rondeau is a General Dentist who has dedicated his practice to providing Orthodontic, Orthopedic, Snoring & Sleep Apnea, and TMJ services for his dental patients in his London, Ontario, Canada office. Dr. Rondeau treats many patients with orthodontic...
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S6:E49 - Dr. Mary Bourke: Myo Munchee and The Importance of Proper Chewing
My guest today is Dr. Mary Bourke. She is a member of the Sacro-Occipital Technique Organization and has obtained advanced craniopath certifications. She has also been involved in the education and training of other practitioners in this field. Mary has been in Chiropractic Practice for over 29...
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S6: E48 - Dr. David McCarty: Empowered Sleep Apnea - Part 2
We continue with part two of our conversation with my guest, Dr. David McCarty. Dr. McCarty is a board-certified specialist in Sleep Medicine and a pioneer in the practice of patient-centered care for those who suffer from sleep disorders. An award-winning educator, he is passionate about...
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S6:E47 - Dr. David McCarty: Empowered Sleep Apnea
My guest today is Dr. David McCarty. Dr. McCarty is a board-certified specialist in Sleep Medicine and a pioneer in the practice of patient-centered care for those who suffer from sleep disorders. An award-winning educator, he is passionate about empowering individuals with knowledge that…
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S6:E46 - Renata Nehme: The Importance of Breathing at Night
My guest today is Renata Nehma. Renata is a Registered Dental Hygienist and Orofacial myofunctional Therapist in Savannah, Georgia.She is the owner of Myo Moves, a practice focusing on treating myofunctional disorders in children and adults. She also founded the Airway Circle with the intention…
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S5:E45 - Dr. Jo Ingleby & Dr. Aoife Stack: Airway, Pregnancy, and Fetal Development
My guests today are Dr. Joanne Ingleby and Dr. Aoife Stack.Dr. Ingleby started out in Children’s and Community dentistry and then moved on to working in General Practice where she has been for the past 30 years. Her practice has been general dentistry, taking care of patients and helping them...
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S5:E44 - Linda Harris: The Fibromyalgia and TMJ Connection
My guest today is Linda Harris. The author, Linda Harris, is a nurse who suffered in the past from both fibromyalgia and migraines and found relief when she discovered that the main source of the pain was her TMJ and malocclusion.Through her own research, and interviewing others with similar...
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S5:E43 - Joy Moeller: Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy and Children's Health
My guest today is the one and only, Joy Moeller. An international leader in myofunctional therapy, Joy has worked in private practice as a myofunctional therapist since 1980. She graduated from the Myofunctional Therapy Institute in Coral Gables, Florida, and had an extensive Internship in...
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S5:E42 - Kathleen Ready: A Parent's Airway Journey
My guest today is Kathleen Ready. Kathleen and her husband of 11 years, Ryan, live in North Idaho with their four children (and number five is on the way). As a family, they enjoy a number of outdoor pastimes the area has to offer, and when inside, Kathleen is usually pursuing the domestic arts…
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S5:41 - Annmaire DeMarco: Occupational Therapy and Primitive Reflexes
My guest today is Annmarie DeMarco. Annmarie is a pediatric occupational therapist providing in-home visits with a focus on child development in Fairfield and New Haven County, CT. She specializes in sensory processing, developmental delays, primitive reflex integration, as well as children with...
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S5:E40 - Kelsey Baker: Holistic Occupational Therapy and Breastfeeding
My guest today is Kelsey Baker, a Holistic Pediatric Occupational Therapist. She has worked in Early Intervention (EI) since 2009 and has been working with children between the ages of 0-5 in the Philadelphia area since 2011.Kelsey is focused on proactive care to best support babies in their...
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S5:E39 - Randi-Lee Bowslaugh: Mental Health in Children
My guest today is Randi-Lee Bowslaugh. Randi-Lee was born and raised in Ontario, Canada, and from a young age, she had a passion for helping others. As a teenager, she started writing poetry that would eventually become her first published book (Thoughts of a Wanderer). Her writing became her...
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S5: E38 - Dr. Lynda Dean-Duru and Dr. Krystal Dean-Duru: Growing Healthy Faces
My guests today are two incredibly special providers --- the dynamic duo from Ashburn Children's Dentistry, Dr. Lynda Dean-Duru and Dr. Krystal Dean-Duru. Dentist Lynda Dean-Duru, DDS has spent her life pursuing a career in dentistry and building a successful dental practice that caters to the…
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S5:E37 - Raquel Norris: Oral Health and the Gut Connection
My guest today is Raquel "Rocky" Norris. Rocky is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner dedicated to helping her patients reclaim their well-being and vitality through transformative nutrition and lifestyle adjustments.Rocky is deeply passionate about the intricate relationship between oral health…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Airway First - A Parent's Guide to Sleep and Airway Health for Children
Each episode explores the topic of children's sleep and airway health with medical professionals and clinicians. Some of the topics discussed include:
Sleep Health Practices for Children
Mouth Breathing / Nasal Breathing / Proper Breathing
Signs and Symptoms of Airway Dysfunction in Children
Treatment Options for Oral Dysfunction
Pediatric Airway Dentistry and Myofunctional Therapy
Parent Stories
Early Childhood Development
Our focus is on providing you with the education and tools you need to help guide your child toward better sleep, airway health, and a life where they can thrive.
You can find more resources on our website at www.childrensairwayfirst.org.
HOSTED BY
Children's Airway First Foundation
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