Mustapha "Khem" Ballaho

Mustapha Khemar Ballaho, MBA, RPSGT

Mustapha “Khem” Ballaho is a registered sleep technologist since 06/2003. He graduated from the U.S. Navy Schoolhouse of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland as an Electroneurodiagnostics Tech in April 2000, where he first learned to perform polysomnograms.

Khem has been a sleep tech, lab manager, clinical specialist, educator, lab owner and runs a sleep tech school (SleepA2Z in the Philippines) with students from various countries as well as an Executive Member of a non-profit organization (NAPSS – Network of Asia Pacific Sleep Specialists) that organizes sleep conferences all throughout Southeast Asian regions and Hawaii.

With an undergrad degree in healthcare administration and a master’s in business, he has technical, clinical, and business perspectives in sleep.

Currently, he manages the University of Southern California’s (USC) Keck Sleep Disorders Center, which is one of the leading sleep centers in managing hypoglossal nerve stimulation patients in the country and a designated magnet hospital (by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s -ANCC Magnet Recognition program).

In his free time, he teaches polysomnography, answers technical/clinical questions in social media, and helps review aspiring future RPSGTs virtually.

He loves to play music, watch or read on Sufism/mystery novels, and spend time with his wife and their 3 children.

His future plan is to obtain a PhD and write a dissertation regarding global business/operation in sleep.