RicardoARoaMD,MBA,FACS

Rhinology & Paranasal Sinus Disease

Senior Medical Advisor, Integrated Veteran Care CMO Office ,Veterans Health Administration

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Office
3601 S Sixth St
Tucson, AZ 85707
Phone+1 304-633-2471

Fax+1 844-340-9547

Haslam College of Business-University of TennesseePhysician Executive MBA, 2016 - 2016
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1985 - 1990
University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 1985
Georgetown UniversityM.S., Biology, , PhD candidate, 1980 - 1981
George Washington UniversityBA, Biology, Dean's list, 1978 - 1980
Tufts UniversityBA Degree Program, Biology, Dean's List, 1975 - 1977

OH State Medical License 2000 - 2026
WV State Medical License 1994 - 2025
KY State Medical License 1994 - 2015
PA State Medical License 1986 - 2004
MD State Medical License 1990 - 1995
American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Otolaryngology
American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQUARP)Health Care Quality & management (HCQM) certification https://www.credly.com/badges/62970ac2-15fa-4aa6-bc41-17712c32f97c/public_url
Fellow American College of SurgeonsFACS
University of Tennessee Lean six-sigma Champion

Business Entrepreneur of the Year The Greater Lawrence County Area Chamber of Commerce, 2012
Class Service Award University of Tennessee PEMBA program, 2016
Fellow American College of Surgeons American College of Surgeons, 1993
Lean Six-Sigma Champion 2016
Business Entrepreneur of the Year 2012
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
Dean's List George Washington University
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PubMed

6 citations
Tumor-associated glycoprotein expression in salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinomas: an immunohistochemical study using the monoclonal antibody B72.3.
R. Arturo Roa, Ralph H. Hruban, Pearline McKenzie, William J. Richtsmeier
The Laryngoscope. 1994-03-01
479 citations
The Incidence of p53 Mutations Increases with Progression of Head and Neck Cancer
Jay O. Boyle, John Hakim, Wayne M. Koch, Peter van der Riet, Ralph H. Hruban
Cancer Research. 1993-10-01
6 citations
Middle ear adenoma: report of two cases.
Robert H. Woods, Brett Moses, Art Roa, Samuel Lumpkin, Steve Pearlman
Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. 1993-06-01

Journal Articles

Tumor Associated Glycoprotein Expression in Salivary Gland Mucoepidermoid Carcinomas: An Immunohistochemical Study Employing the Monoclonal Antibody B723
Roa, RA, et al, Laryngoscope, 1/1/1994
Middle ear adenoma: Report of two cases
Woods, RH., et al, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1/1/1993
Recurrent meningitis and a congenital perilymph fistula
Tom, LW, Roa, RA, et al, Ear, Nose and Throat J, 1/1/1992
DNA content of human squamous carcinoma cell lines
Roa, RA, Carey, TE, et al, Arch Otolaryngol, 1/1/1985
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Lab AssistantResearch on Hepatitis B e-Antigen and monoclonal antibody production. Worked for Drs. Robert Purcell, Vincent McAuliffe and Stephen Feinstone lab group.1978 - 1980