RicardoARoaMD,MBA,FACS

Summary

• Currently VA Integrated Veteran Care (IVC) CMO Office Senior Medical Advisor.
  
  
  
  
  I've dedicated my career to helping adults and children with ENT health issues as an Otolaryngologist, Head & Neck, and FESS Surgeon specializing in advanced rhinology, balloon sinuplasty, and image-guided paranasal sinus techniques. I continue in ENT clinical practice at the Tucson VA, my experience includes private/group practice, health system, and academic medicine settings. I am teaching medical students at the University of Arizona School of Medicine.
  
  Repeatedly recognized for pioneering new technology and business solutions, I'm known as an entrepreneurial trendsetter who drives revenue, patient safety, and business development while delivering best-in-class services.
  
  ACHIEVEMENTS:
  Utilization Management proficiency ABQUARP CHCQM Board certified
  
  Recruited to serve as a Product Safety Consultant for a major medical device firm.
  
  Catalyzed $100M in direct and ancillary revenue as the Top Earner in 3 practices
  
  Completed 20K ENT surgeries career-long while earning peak patient satisfaction scores.
  
  Streamlined revenue cycle, increased revenue, and expanded market share via service and technology innovations.
  
  NEW TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTIONS: VTI Insta-Trak Image-Guided System | Balloon Sinuplasty | Facial Nerve/Thyroid Surgery Nerve Integrity Monitor (NIM) | ABR/OAE Neonatal Hearing Screenings | In-Office Transnasal Esophagoscopy | Pediatric Fiber Optic Laryngoscopy | LumiView Magnification Glasses | Larynx Lasers | Radio Frequency Cauterization