1. Favaro, Ardys J
1945 Blossom Way South
Saint Petersburg, FL 33712
727-666-9418
ardysfavaro@gmail.com
Skills • EMT
• HIPPA Trainer
• AHLTA Trainer (Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application)
• CHCS Trainer (Composite Health Care System)
• CPR
• Microsoft Office 2013 proficient
• NAEMT Certified Educator
Experience DIPLOMATIC HEALTHCARE SPECIALIST (2012-PRESENT)
Gained upper- level manager status as a Diplomatic Healthcare Specialist. Essential in the
setting up of the first active duty US ARMY Battalion of diplomatic specialty at Fort Stewart,
GA. This included multiple instructional sessions, daily briefs and progress reports for
missions on the African continent and in South America.
 Coordinated with CDC in the instruction and deployment of diplomatic teams from the US
Army to Liberia to support the Ebola epidemic
 On-going data mining to establish all possible medical threats to the diplomatic teams
 Prior to their departure, briefed the teams and ensured that immunizations, dental, hearing
and medical health exams were conducted
 Supervised five diplomatic healthcare specialists as senior medical advisor to the lead
Diplomatic team
 The diplomatic mission to South America received numerous accolades for work completed
by all the teams involved
HEALTHCARE SPECIALIST INSTRUCTOR (2009-2012)
As an upper level manager health care specialist, updated the outdated curriculum for
recertification of the health care specialty by bringing it up to the National Registry of
Emergency Technicians standards.
 Created a video teleconference curriculum with global flexibility
 Hired 3 instructors to support all branches of the Military and DoD
 Created online video teleconference curriculums similar to online college classes
♦ Offered maximum exposure to the latest medical procedures and devices for
recertification
♦ Done in the least amount of time allowable
Managed the team that tested new devices for US Army Combat Field Hospitals and clinics
while on staff at the US Army Medical Center and School.
 Tested devices such as new instruction tools, new bandages, new bags and transportation
devices
 Tested new electronic devices that could capture the treatment of wounded service
members in combat
♦ Conducted rigorous testing to ensure devices were capable of handling the harsh
environment

2. ♦ Instructed vendors on budgets and prices to meet realistic costs and delivery
schedules
Member of a seven man team that trained over 5,ooo Emergency Medical Technicians
 Developed a new curriculum that implemented the new guidelines set by the National
Registry of Medical Emergency Technicians
 Developed a tutoring system for the students in the first classes
♦ The first class of the peer tutor system had a 90% success pass rate
♦ The second class had a 92% pass rate
♦ Ensuing classes had a 95% pass rate
HEALTHCARE SPECIALIST CLINIC SUPERVISOR/CHCS TRAINER (2006-2009)
Manager and CHCS trainer for a medical clinic serving 1000+ service members and their
families. Processed and retired 15 medical records of service members who died during the
Iraqi War.
 Records of the deceased were screened and prepared for archiving in St. Louis, MO
 Supervised two individuals who screened medical records of the wounded returning from
the Iraqi War to determine priorities of treatment
♦ Records were sent to receiving stateside hospital of the wounded in order to prevent a
lapse in care
♦ This unprecedented procedure of ‘battle injury to stateside care’ ensured that all
required treatments were conducted and had recovery rates of 90-95% for the injuries
sustained
Supervised a field clinic in Baghdad, Iraq with 36 personnel that ran 24/7 operations, treated
over 245 trauma patients and 540 non trauma patients resulting in zero in house casualties.
 The Riva Ridge Clinic was the second busiest trauma center in Iraq, only surpassed by the
Combat Field hospital
 Switched the clinic from paper to the Medical Combat Communications Casualty Care,
MC4, the medical system currently used by the USARMY in medical combat operations
♦ As a result, the Riva Ridge Clinic had the most up to date electronic medical records
systems which connected directly to Landsthul, Germany
♦ The medical records of service members, DoD civilians and contractors were directly
uploaded to the Landsthul mainframe and stored
2006-2004 Assistant Supervisor for the Salt Lake City Military Inprocessing Center Medical
section
2004-2001 Physical Exams supervisor for the Gibelstadt Clinic, Germany. In charge of
inputting immunizations into the Medical Operational Database (MODS) and Medical
Protection System (MEDPROS)
2001-1999 Assistant Supervisor for the Hearing clinic at Fort Hood, TX. Senior Health Care
specialist
1999-1998 Assistant Supervisor for the Medical Inprocessing center for 2ID, Camp Mobile
South Korea
1998-1995 Junior Healthcare specialist stationed at Fort Hood, Texas and deployed to Bosnia
in 1996-1997.

3. Education
Training
University of Phoenix (2010)
Master of Science Degree in Psychology
Graduated with Honors
University of Maryland (2005)
Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology
Graduated with Honors
Advance Leadership and Management Development Course
Manager Development Course (MDC)
Supervisor Development Course (SDC)
Lean Six Sigma (Yellow)