Medical services are available in person, via telehealth or telephone.
The NACA Family Health Center prioritizes providing care to ethnic groups of all ages from all walks of life and addressing the person as a whole. The Family Health Center focuses on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of every individual. Each person has unique needs to achieve their optimal health.
NACA offers culturally compassionate care and services, which include:
- Annual Physicals
- Well-Child Checks
- Sports Physicals
- Immunizations, including COVID-19 vaccinations
- STI/STD testing
- Sports Medicine, including Joint Injections
- Skin Lesion Removal
- Family Planning
- Women’s Health
- Men’s Health
- Acute Care
- Chronic Disease Management, including Hypertension and Diabetes
- Cancer Screenings
- Referrals for Labs and Diagnostics
- Referral to Specialists, such as, Cardiology, Pulmonology, etc.
Medical services are available in person, via telehealth or telephone. NACA encourages all patients to receive care at their comfort level. NACA also has available, for registered patients, an after-hours Registered Nurse triage line. The triage line is available for use after the Family Health Center is closed, on weekends and holidays, not including unexpected NACA closures, such as inclement weather, unless otherwise specified.
Immunization against communicable diseases remains a high priority for the clinic. The clinic administered a record number of flu vaccines, 818 total, for the 2022-2023 season. The total number of immunizations recorded for 2022 was 3,073. Immunization is one of the simplest ways to keep our communities healthy and free from preventable diseases like varicella, measles and pertussis. Immunization is especially important in protecting the future of our elders and children.
The NACA Family Health Center has three full-time providers, including Dr. G. Hershey, Dr. D. Peace and Dr. P. Tomosie. Dr. George Hershey received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Hershey especially enjoys sports medicine and served as the team physician at Northern Arizona University for many years. He believes in helping patients live their lives to the fullest.
Dr. Donna J. Peace is board certified in Family Medicine and finds joy in bringing medicine and social work together to benefit her patients. Peace takes her time with patients to ensure they are able to learn and understand their bodies or conditions. She believes that medicine should not be scary and hopes to decrease patients’ fears with compassionate education. Peace appreciates peoples’ sameness, and diversity, as humans.
Dr. Pearlyn Tomosie is the first known female Hopi physician and a proud NAU alumnus. She enjoys family medicine, especially women’s care and pediatrics. Her dreams have always included working with underserved minorities in a rural clinic setting, which she fulfills here in Flagstaff. FBN
By Verity Quiroz, RN, MSN
To learn more about medical services at the NACA Family Health Center or to schedule an appointment, call 928-773-1245.
Verity Quiroz, RN, MSN, is the director of operations at NACA. She has 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, including hospital ward clerk, LPN, RN, and director of operations. Raised in Southern Arizona, she is a 2005 graduate student from Cochise Community College with an associate degree in nursing. In 2015, she graduated from Walden University with a master’s degree in science and nursing with an emphasis in management and leadership. She has been with NACA since August 2020 and spent her initial employment as the clinical RN in the Family Health Center. She believes in the power of prevention. She promotes that healthy individuals leads to healthy communities. NACA’s Family Health Center currently offers the seasonal flu vaccine, the COVID-19 Moderna and Pfizer primary vaccines, and the COVID-19 bivalent booster. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 928-773-1245.
