Guideline-based ENT education. In plain English.
Every video, guide, and podcast episode here is anchored to published clinical practice
guidelines. Cited. Accurate. Free.
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Free Patient Education Guides
Two pages. Plain English. Save it to your phone before your next appointment.
The Ear Infection Guide
What the guidelines say about antibiotics, watchful waiting, and when to worry.
AAP Clinical Practice Guideline | AAO-HNS Get the Guide →
The Nosebleed Guide
Stop doing it wrong. What actually works — and when to go to the ER.
AAO-HNS Clinical Practice Guideline, 2020 Get the Guide →
The Earwax Guide
What it does, when it’s a problem, and how to actually fix it.
AAO-HNS CPG 2017 Get the Guide →Coming Soon
New guides added monthly. Check back soon.
The Tonsillectomy Guide
The Allergic Rhinitis Guide
The Ear Tube Guide
The Nasal Spray Guide
The Ear Infection Guide
What the guidelines say about antibiotics, watchful waiting, and when to worry.
AAP Clinical Practice Guideline | AAO-HNS
The Nosebleed Guide
Stop doing it wrong. What actually works — and when to go to the ER.
AAO-HNS Clinical Practice Guideline, 2020
The Earwax Guide
What it does, when it’s a problem, and how to actually fix it.
AAO-HNS CPG 2017
Coming Soon
The Tonsils Guide
The Sinus Infection Guide
The Child Snoring Guide
The Ear Tube Guide
Short Videos
60 seconds. One topic. What the guidelines actually say.
“Replays will be posted within 48 hours of each live session. First session coming soon.”
No antibiotics for an ear infection? An ENT explains why
Why your doctor didn’t prescribe antibiotics — and why that’s the right call.
“Replays will be posted within 48 hours of each live session. First session coming soon.”
Recurrent strep throat infections? ENT surgeon explains Paradise Criteria for tonsillectomy
The evidence-based criteria your surgeon uses to decide if tonsils come out.
“Replays will be posted within 48 hours of each live session. First session coming soon.”
ENT Surgeon teaches how to properly stop a nosebleed
The technique most people get wrong — and what the guidelines actually recommend.
Live Q&A Replays
Real questions from real patients. Answered live, on the record — access whenever you need
“Replays will be posted within 48 hours of each live session. First session coming soon.”
Q-Tips, Earwax, and What You Should Actually Do
What earwax does, when it’s a problem, and why the AAO-HNS guideline says to stop using Q-tips.
“Replays will be posted within 48 hours of each live session. First session coming soon.”
Does My Child Actually Need Their Tonsils Out?
The evidence-based threshold for tonsillectomy in children — what the criteria are and what the guidelines say.
“Replays will be posted within 48 hours of each live session. First session coming soon.”
Does My Child’s Ear Infection Need Antibiotics?
The watchful waiting debate — what the AAP guidelines actually say, and when antibiotics are and aren’t the right call.
The BoogerDownBronx Podcast
Every monthly live Q&A session, released as a podcast episode. Real questions. Real answers.
Take it with you.
Each episode is a recording of my monthly live Q&A — pre-submitted questions from real
patients and parents, answered in real time by a practicing ENT surgeon. No scripted interviews.
No sponsors reading talking points. Just the session.
Episodes run 30–45 minutes. Released within 48 hours of each live session.
“First episode drops within 48 hours of our inaugural live Q&A session.”
Recent Episodes
Antibiotics, Ear Infections & The Watchful Waiting Debate
Live questions on when antibiotics help — and when they don’t.
Snoring, Sleep, and Surgery: What Parents Need to Know
Sleep-disordered breathing decoded for real families.
Sinus Infections: Myths vs. Guidelines
What the AAO-HNS actually recommends in 2025.
Source Material
- American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
- Including other relevant specialty societies.