John Jardine, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Korey Stringer Institute, Emergency Medicine Attending Physician, Kent Hospital, RI, Medical Director, Falmouth Road Race

Dr. Jardine has been a board-certified emergency medicine physician since 2000.  His interest in sports medicine was piqued when he first volunteered at the Falmouth Road Race in the summer of 2000. Two years later, he was appointed co-medical director of the race and has been directing medical operations since. Through the history of the race, the medical team has developed protocols for the treatment of exertional heat illness. Dr. Jardine has continued to perfect these protocols and has teamed with KSI to continue research to protect athletes, laborers, and warfighters worldwide. He has co-authored several research papers through his experience with medical care at the race.   

Dr. Jardine’s start in medicine was in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) as an EMT and then Paramedic in New York State. After 12 years of practicing prehospital medicine, Dr. Jardine earned his medical degree at Downstate Medical School in Brooklyn, NY. He completed residency in emergency medicine at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University serving as chief resident in his senior year. He is currently an attending physician at Kent Hospital Emergency Department in Warwick, RI.