Boston Marathon runners raise funds
by Staci I. Shipp
Last month Vanderbilt doctors Jordan Metzl and Kurt Spindler and third-year
medical student Brendan Collins raised $2,500 for the American Liver Foundation
through their participation in the 101st Boston Marathon.
As members of the foundation's Run for Research team, the three set out
to raise money for liver research and to raise awareness of the need for
more organ and tissue donors. Each year the Boston Marathon, the country's
oldest marathon, has thousands of entrants who run for charitable causes.
Metzl is a fellow in the Sports Medicine Center and Spindler is the center's
director.
Their finishing times in the 26.2-mile marathon were 338 minutes, Spindler;
309 minutes, Metzl; and 258 minutes, Collins.
Their efforts honored the memory of 9-year-old Lauren Moore, who in 1990
died when she was hit by a truck. Moore's parents, Polly and Mac Moore of
Nashville, donated several of her organs, including her liver, which saved
the lives of two children. The week the marathon was held, April 20-26,
was National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week.
The American Liver Foundation, a national voluntary health organization,
is dedicated to funding education and research. Through its efforts, today
more than 100 liver diseases are better treated and understood.
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