ABOUT MARK WARDLE:

Dr. Wardle is originally from California. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology (Pre-Med) from Brigham Young University and his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine. After falling in love with the Beehive State, Dr. Wardle returned to Utah with his family and completed a residency at Utah Valley Family Medicine, followed by a fellowship in Rural Medicine and Faculty Development.

For much of his professional career, Dr. Wardle worked for Intermountain Healthcare practicing Rural Medicine in Sanpete County. After transitioning to Utah County, Dr. Wardle practiced Urgent Care and Outpatient Family Medicine before joining RVU. Throughout his medical career, Dr. Wardle has always enjoyed teaching and mentoring students. After a medical mission trip to Honduras where he was able to supervise and mentor several osteopathic medical students, he realized he wanted to teach full-time. “RVUCOM-SU was not only in a perfect location for us,” said Dr. Wardle, “but the vision and values of RVU and their commitment to the students was an undeniable draw to me.”

Dr. Wardle is married, and has five children. Outside of enjoying time with family, Dr. Wardle likes to stay active, especially through running. A few years ago, he reached a personal health goal of running 1,000 miles in one year, and was named the Intermountain Live Well Health Hero. A little known fact about Dr. Wardle is that he juggles…balls, clubs, knives, torches, and more! In his rural medicine days, he would juggle in the Fourth of July Parade while staff threw out candy to the kids.