A Nurse Practitioner in Sleep Medicine
Angela McCarthy is a certified nurse practitioner focusing on sleep medicine. She helps patients identify, understand and treat sleep-related conditions. She works closely with patients to improve sleep quality and overall health through personalized care plans.
Her services include:
- Activations and programming for implantable devices to treat sleep apnea (Inspire®)
- Comprehensive sleep assessments and medical history review
- Coordinating care with sleep specialists, pulmonologists or other providers when needed
- Educating patients about sleep hygiene and lifestyle modifications
- Evaluating symptoms of sleep disorders such as snoring, insomnia, narcolepsy or restless legs syndrome
- Initiating and managing CPAP or BiPAP therapy for sleep apnea
- Ordering and interpreting sleep studies, including polysomnography and home sleep tests
- Prescribing medications when appropriate
- Reviewing test results and explaining diagnoses
Angela also supports behavioral therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) and offers ongoing follow-up care to improve sleep quality and overall health.
Speaks: English