Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) announced that Nancy Rubalcaba, PA-C, has joined the Sleep Clinic at NAH in Flagstaff. She joins Blirjon Baxhija, MD, a board-certified doctor who specializes in internal medicine and sleep medicine, and George Rodway, NP, a clinical sleep nurse practitioner. Rubalcaba is currently accepting new patients.
“We are so pleased to welcome Nancy to the Sleep Clinic at NAH in Flagstaff,” said Northern Arizona Healthcare Medical Group President Pasquale Bernardi, MD. “We know the importance of expanding our specialty services in the Flagstaff area. By adding another specialized sleep medicine provider to our team, we are providing in-depth expertise for complex conditions, leading to more effective and personalized treatments and better patient outcomes,” Bernardi added.
Rubalcaba earned her master’s degree in physician assistant studies from Idaho State University in Meridian, and her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
Services at the Sleep Clinic at NAH include but are not limited to:
- Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BIPAP)
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
- CPAP and BiPAP setup, education and support
- Assessment for Inspire or Mandibular Advancement Device
- Home sleep apnea testing (HSAT)
- Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT)
- Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)
- Polysomnography (comprehensive sleep study)
- Sleep medicine consultations
- Sleep stage scoring
- Sleep study interpretation
- Supplemental oxygen therapy
Getting quality sleep is important for a person’s health and well-being. If someone is having trouble falling or staying asleep, or if they experience symptoms like loud snoring, frequent morning headaches or daytime tiredness, they may have a sleep disorder.
The Sleep Clinic at NAH in Flagstaff is located at 1895 N. Jasper Dr., Ste. 313. To schedule an appointment, please call 928-226-6430. Regular hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. This clinic also offers overnight sleep studies.