Chris Martin is a school psychologist, husband, father, and author who has multiple invisible chronic illnesses, including empty nose syndrome. Despite living with multiple chronic illnesses and knowing how tough they can be, Chris considers himself tremendously blessed as he is married to his beautiful wife and has 4 daughters and 2 sons. You can visit his author website at www.invisibleillnessbooks.com. Steven M. Houser, MD, is an ENT specialist at MetroHealth Medical Center and he is a professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Case Western Reserve University. You can visit Dr. Houser's website at www.metrohealth.org/physician/steven-houser-060046. Wellington S. Tichenor, MD, is a medical specialist in sinusitis in New York City who does not perform surgery, but primarily treats patients who have not responded to surgery, such as ENS patients. He teaches a course on endoscopy in patients who previously underwent sinus surgery at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology each year. Dr. Tichenor wrote a paper, ""Nasal and Sinus Endoscopy for Medical Management of Resistant Rhinosinusitis, Including Post-surgical Patients."" Dr. Tichenor's website, www.sinuses.com, has won numerous awards for outstanding content.
""I learned a lot from this book when I first started researching breathing years ago, and continue to refer to it today. Chris does a great job describing the wonders of the underappreciated and underresearched organ called the nose, and also the horrors of what happens when you lose the ability to breathe properly in and out of it. A detailed and engrossing primer for anyone interested in ENS.""--James Nestor, New York Times bestselling author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art ""Invaluable reading for medical students, physicians, and non-specialist general readers, Having Nasal Surgery? is especially recommended for personal, professional, and community library Health & Medicine reference collections and reading lists."" --Midwest Book Review ""Having learned to manage his condition he tells a compelling personal story that adds passion and authority to his presentation. Martin grants as his research shows that ""conservative"" turbinate surgery can often alleviate chronic stuffiness but his presentation implicates the many doctors and plastic surgeons who continue to remove excessive amounts of turbinate."" --Clarion Review ""Chris Martin's book is a must-read for anyone with nasal problems so they, too, can understand ENS and avoid becoming an ENS patient. His up-to-date information can empower the patient to best therapies.""--Murray Grossan, M.D., Author of The Sinus Cure and inventor of the Grossan Hydro Pulse(R) Nasal-Sinus Irrigation System. ""I applaud Chris' attempt to bring this critically important issue to the public's attention. If one person can be saved from the devastation this surgery can cause, he will have performed a great service.""--Wellington S. Tichenor, M.D., Creator of award-winning website sinuses.com, and wrote the introduction for this book. ""Chris is addressing a tremendously important issue in otolaryngology. Empty nose syndrome is a real entity that requires further investigation. Although Chris' book is written for the general public, I truly hope my colleagues in ENT will read this book and take it to heart.""--Steven M. Houser, M.D., ENT specialist, MetroHealth Medical Center, Professor, Case Western Reserve University, and wrote the foreword for this book. ""An ideal book on ENS...All nasal doctors should have on their shelves and be ready to pass onto patients."" -- Les Chappell of BookReview.com ""His personal disclosures make the book very interesting...I cannot imagine a more comprehensive, yet easy-to-understand source of information."" -- Paige Lovitt of Reader Views