Dr. Dr. Natalia Usatii, M.D.

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Get to know Pediatric Trained Sleep Medicine Physician Dr. Natalia Usatii, who serves patients in Oregon.

With a focus on sleep medicine, Dr. Usatti is a board-certified Sleep Medicine Physician and Internal Medicine Physician with Bend Sleep Center & Redmond Sleep Center. Both facilities are a part of St. Charles Health.

The experts at the Sleep Centers know that health, safety, and quality of life depend on getting a good night’s rest. Offering quality medical care, they specialize in sleep disorders, pulmonology, critical care, and internal medicine.

A 1995 graduate of Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Moldova, Dr. Usatii went on to complete her residency at Municipal Clinical Hospital “St. Trinity” in 1998. She then performed additional training at Republican Center of Medico-Social Rehabilitation.

Upon relocating to the United States, she served her internship and residency in Danbury Hospital Residency, Yale University in Connecticut in 2012 and 2014, respectively. This was followed by a fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in 2015. 

A member of the Society of Hospital Medicine, she is board-certified in internal medicine and sleep medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

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