CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine names chief academic officer
PRESS RELEASE:
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is pleased to announce the appointment of Dink Jardine, MD, FACS, as chief academic officer.
In this role, she will lead academic strategy, graduate medical education and faculty development strengthening Vandalia Health Charleston Area Medical Center’s mission of training skilled physicians and advancing research and innovation in education across Vandalia Health.
Jardine will also continue to serve as CAMC’s designated institutional official, a position she has held since 2024.
“I am excited to expand my existing role as DIO to include that of chief academic officer, as these roles are synergistic in their ability to help us continue to build a community of learning where every individual has the opportunity to teach and the opportunity to learn,” Jardine said.
“I’d like to focus on creating opportunities for all our learners to feel inspired and supported to develop the skills they need to ensure quality and compassionate care for all our patients today, and where all our faculty are supported with the tools, they need to teach the next generation to deliver that care tomorrow.”
Jardine, a general otolaryngologist, joined the Institute in 2024 as associate chief academic officer for graduate medical education. She is a retired U.S. Navy commander with more than 25 years of experience in military and civilian medical education and has held national leadership roles with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the National Association of DIOs.
“I appreciate the opportunity to continue supporting the CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine in its endeavor to advance medical education, training and research that directly benefit our community and look forward to collaborating with our faculty and learners to build on our successes and further expand opportunities for education across Vandalia Health,” Jardine said.
CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine provides continuing medical education, outreach education and research support to physicians, allied medical professionals, as well as patient and consumer health service projects in West Virginia and the region. The institute also operates a school of nurse anesthesia affiliated with Marshall University and the University of Charleston, as well as 19 graduate medical education residency/fellowship/intern programs sponsored by CAMC and in affiliation with West Virginia University Charleston Division and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. Additionally, CAMC sponsors three pharmacy residency programs, a clinical psychology internship, interventional cardiology, gastroenterology and cardiology, oral maxillofacial, pulmonology critical care and vascular surgery fellowships. There are over 1,000 learners in CAMC’s facilities on any given day. For more information, visit camcmedicine.edu.
About Vandalia Health
Vandalia Health, headquartered in Charleston, is a multi-state health system with locations across West Virginia as well as in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Made up of CAMC Health System, Davis Health System and Mon Health System, Vandalia Health has 17 hospitals, over 220 ambulatory locations, more than 13,000 employees and more than 2,000 doctors and advanced practice providers. For more information or a map of locations visit vandaliahealth.org.
