AAPMD Endeavour Pediatric Section
AAPMD’s Endeavour Pediatric Section members are multidisciplinary healthcare professionals working to ensure little people with airway issues — 71 months and under — do not grow into big people with airway issues.
Who We Are
Endeavour is a global group of like-minded professionals focused on everything related to Airway in the pediatric health community.
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Founded in 2012, the AAPMD is an organization that gives professional members the tools to recognize and achieve optimal airway physiology.
The AAPMD is an inclusive network of like-minded healthcare professionals with diversified knowledge and expertise in detecting and treating Airway Health issues. These include Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) and re
Endeavour’s Core Members
Each week, these dedicated and ardent healthcare professionals from around the world meet via Zoom, discussing protocols to best diagnose and treat airway issues in the 71-month and younger population.
Lauren Ballinger, DDS
Pittsfield, MA
I am a Board Certified Pediatric Dentist and my pediatric dental practices (Good to Grow-Pediatric Dental Wellness, Airway, Growth and Sleep Solutions AND The Nurture Center the Tethered Oral Tissues) focus solely on addressing the structural, functional and behavioral issues associated with the craniofacial respiratory complex in growing children, as early as possible.
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My practice offers CO2 laser and surgical tethered oral tissue releases supported by in-office lactation support and myofunctional therapy. Our preventative health and wellness program starts at birth by offering strategies on proper infant feeding and baby-led weaning for optimal nutritional and functional growth and development, and the establishment of healthy behaviors. Our preventative oral and systemic wellness health coaching program offers age-specific patient-guided and supervised experiences to learn self-care strategies and behaviors and establishes the foundation for a cavity-free and healthy lifestyle.
There are many goals we seek to meet in our orthodontic and myofunctional programs. Structure: interceptive craniofacial orthodontic and orthopedic approaches to redirect improper growth patterns “back on track” and provide adequate oral volume for the teeth, tongue and airways. Function: establish healthy nasal breathing by screening for and offering a collaborative approach to addressing nasal disuse syndrome due to lack of volume, inflammation, allergies and/or obstructions in the nasal cavity or posterior pharynx.
Myofunctional therapeutic techniques to address proper tongue function, oral rest posture and correct swallowing. Behavior: deprogramming harmful habits such as mouth breathing, incorrect oral rest posture, non-nutritive oral habits, and poor nutrition choices by providing myofunctional and health coaching.
As a pediatric dentist, I feel honored to be able to make such positive impact in the life of a growing child and I hope to make the world a better place, one child at a time.
Kevin Boyd, DDS
Chicago, IL
Kevin Boyd is a board-certified pediatric dentist with over 20 years experience delivering outstanding dental healthcare to infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with physical and/or mental disabilities, and other special needs.After graduating from Loyola University’s Chicago College of Dentistry in 1986, he attended the University of Iowa for his advanced residency training in Pediatric Dentistry.
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He has received specialty training in Pediatric Dentistry from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and further advanced continuing education and clinical training by Gnathos, a prestigious institute of advanced education in orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics for growing children. He is recognized as a leading clinician in the Chicago area for diagnosing and treating interferences to normal growth of the teeth, jaws and face.
Steve Carstensen, DDS
Bellevue, WA
Steve Carstensen has treated sleep apnea and snoring in Bellevue, WA since 1988. He’s the Consultant to the ADA for sleep related breathing disorders, has trained at UCLA’s Mini-Residency in Sleep and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine.
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Dorothy Nelson, DDS
Bellevue, WA
Dr. Dorothy Nelson attended UW and then attended the UW School of Dentistry shortly after and graduated in 2008. She completed her residency at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Ohio in 2010. She is adored and loved by all of us here and a true answer to our prayers since she started with our team in 2013.
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She values the family centered approach and commitment to the community that has been a hallmark of the practice. Dr. Dorothy enjoys reading, planning parties and being with her family. Her favorite thing about working with kids is “watching them grow and that they’re so silly and fun!”
William Hang, DDS
Agoura Hills, CA
Dr. Bill Hang graduated the University of Illinois College of Dentistry and the University of Minnesota Orthodontic program where he briefly taught orthodontics. He then established a very traditional orthodontic practice in rural Vermont. After about seven years he became dissatisfied with the faces the traditional orthodontic approach produced and embarked on a continuing education journey that is ongoing.
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Loria Nahatis, DDS
Dallas, TX
Dr. Loria Nahatis is a board-certified pediatric dentist and co-founder of Beyond Pediatric Dentistry in Dallas, Texas. She completing her biology degree with Summa Cum Laude honors from the University of Texas at Arlington.
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Today, she is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and is a life-long student under some of the renowned leaders in the growth and development field. In fact, she’s completed over 100 hours of continuing education in the last year alone in the areas of pediatric airway, craniofacial development, frenectomies and frenuloplasties.
She is proud to give her young patients and their parents valuable tools that help not only with improving dental health, but overall health and well-being with a collaborative approach to oral healthcare.
Carla Damon, DDS
Dallas, TX
Dr. Carla Damon attended The University of Texas at Houston Dental School and pursed her Pediatric Dental residency at Baylor College of Dentistry. As a board-certified pediatric dentist, Dr. Carla Damon along with her co-founder, Dr. Loria Nahatis, operates Beyond Pediatric Dentistry, a private practice in Dallas, TX.
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Dr. Damon has done extensive training and studying to understand oral dysfunctions, restrictions in the mouth that lead to feeding/speech difficulty, and malocclusions associated with sleep disordered breathing. Dr. Damon is co-founder of the DFW Airway Collaborative in Dallas. This group serves as a multidisciplinary group that serves to bring together providers that recognize the need for a team approach to Sleep Disordered breathing and airway issues amongst children and adults.
Dr. Damon has a passion for whole body health and wellness which starts with good oral health. She wants to teach children to take responsibility for their own health decisions to set them up for a lifetime of good decisions. Her mission is to help every child breathe, sleep and thrive!
Meggie Graham, DDS
Milwaukee, WI
Inspired to follow in her father’s footsteps as a dentist, Dr. Graham wanted to impact people’s lives in the same manner. After graduating from Arizona State University with her Bachelor of Science degree in Spanish and a minor in Pre-Med Sciences, she went on to complete her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree at Marquette University School of Dentistry.
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Marianna Evans, DMD
Newton Square, PA
Dr. Marianna Evans is a board certified dual specialist in orthodontics and periodontics. Dr. Evans lectures on skeletal expansion, guided facial growth, and collaborative care. She is the co-founder of the OrthoPerio Institute and recently developed the 4D Morphotropic Orhtodontics™ expansion protocol with the focus on airway.
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Barry Raphael, DMD
Clifton, NJ
Dr. Raphael, an Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics Practitioner with over 43 years of experience, is the co-founder of The Airway and Facial Development Collaborative whose mission is to teach patients, parents, and professionals about Airway Related Oral Dysfunction and treatment alternatives.
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Dr. Raphael works with children as young as 4 years old to address early breathing, posture and sleep habits to minimize facial shape changes and crooked teeth.
Susan Maples, DDS
Holt, MI
Dr. Susan Maples is a passionate health educator and leads a successful, Total Health, insurance-independent dental practice in Holt, Michigan. She brings preventive and restorative dental expertise, a passion for mouth-body total health, a master’s degree in business/marketing, and 30+ years of experience in private practice.
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Sharon Moore, SLP, OMT
Canberra, AU
Sharon Moore is a Speech Pathologist with 4 decades of clinical experience across a wide range of communication and alimentation disorders. She has worked in clinical settings in Australia and London. Currently, she runs a Private Practice in Canberra, managing medical and dental specialist referrals for patients of all ages. Sharon has a special interest in early identification of craniofacial growth anomalies in non-syndromic children and airway obstruction in sleep disorders. She believes there has never been a more important time for medical and dental colleagues to work as a team with significant health morbidities of sleep disorders in all ages now widely known. She is the author of the book Sleep Wrecked Kids: Helping Parents Raise Happy, Healthy Kids, One Sleep at a Time.More on Sharon Moore
Howard Hindin, DDS
Suffern, NY
A graduate of New York University College of Dentistry, Dr. Hindin is a partner and founder of The Hindin Center. He is also the co-founder of the American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry and the Foundation for Airway Health, two organizations dedicated to promote awareness of the importance of airway health to both the healthcare arena and the general public.
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An acknowledged pioneer in the relationship between dental issues and whole body health, Dr. Hindin is President (2000-present) of the Foundation for the Advancement of Innovative Medicine (FAIM). The foundation offers educational services to professionals and the public on complementary medicine as well as advocacy for patient and doctor rights.
In addition, Dr. Hindin advanced the use of acupuncture in dentistry and general medicine as the Director of the Acupuncture Program for Substance Abuse in Rockland County. There he developed, supervised and trained personnel to provide acupuncture for the Rockland County Alcohol and Substance Abuse Outpatient Services.
He is also an active member of the American Academy of Pain Management, American Academy of Cranio Facial Pain, American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, Academy of General Dentistry, American Dental Association, International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, and the NY State Society of Acupuncture for Physician and Dentists.
Dr. Hindin has presented important position papers to dental and medical groups throughout the country. His research into the dental-medical connection and systemic balance has shaped the medical community’s understanding of this growing and important field.
Shereen Lim, DDS
Joondalup AU
Dr. Shereen Lim is a general dentist with a Graduate Diploma in Dental Sleep Medicine from Perth, Western Australia and has been involved in dental sleep medicine for eight years.
She is passionate about advancing new standards of care and has been active in organizing national interdisciplinary airway and tongue tie conferences to promote greater discussion and integration between specialities.
Pat McBride, PhD
Oakland, CA
Pat has spent 41 years as a full-time clinician and educator in the fields of dentistry, respiratory medicine and sleep medicine. Her extensive experience in clinical, laboratory, research and educational arenas has led to the development of interdisciplinary care model delivery systems used by physicians and dentists around the globe.
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She sits on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry in New York, and AAPMD’s Endeavour Pediatric Community.
She continues to work hands on in a clinical setting and as the Executive Director for The Foundation for Airway Health while lecturing internationally on subjects relating to breathing and sleep medicine, dentistry and precision medicine systems to best benefit all patient populations. Serving the underserved and marginalized patient remains a passion and priority for her.
Pat has one grown daughter who shares her passion and commitment to social justice and education, serving as a bilingual sixth grade teacher in the inner city Oakland, CA.
What We Do
We address the root causes of preventable illnesses, especially as it relates to nasal breathing, restful sleep, nutrition, and inflammation.
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As a think tank with weekly virtual meetings, we focus on the root causes of PREVENTABLE childhood illnesses, especially as it relates to IMMUNITY: nasal breathing, restful sleep, nutrition, inflammation.
Our goals are many: create a world where children can thrive from birth with optimum orofacial and upper airway health; create a worldwide community of people helping children grow and develop into healthy adults through the elimination of ECC, ECM, EUAD; create a world where children can be their BEST (breathe, eat, sleep and thrive).
We acknowledge that adults with airway and sleep disorders began as children with airway and sleep disorders and that the #1 risk factor for the development of pediatric OSA is craniotomy-facial structure, which can be modified.
How We Do It
We help develop screening tools, educate practitioners with monthly webinars, and emphasize and coordinate multidisciplinary treatment.
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There are multiple ways in which we address childhood airway issues.
Some of our members are part of the Pediatric Airway Screening Task Force which is working with the ADA to craft an easy-to-use, validated screening form for practitioners to identify the risk of an airway problem in all children.
Individually we have created screening tools to help caregivers recognize symptoms of airway issues and work with practitioners of all disciplines to implement a treatment plan.
We present monthly AAPMD webinars with a pediatric focus and share this knowledge via abstracts and forms with those who attend. And most importantly, we develop collaborative pathways with multidisciplinary practitioners, the necessary piece for optimal outcomes.
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