Running for a Difference- BWH Bulletin - For and about the People of Brigham and Women's Hospital
Running for a Difference- BWH Bulletin - For and about the People of Brigham and Women's Hospital
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April 21, 2000
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In This Issue:
A complementary path to healing
Running for a Difference
Sugarbaker named Surgery Executive Vice Chair
Pike Notes
Retiring with a smile
Clerical Support Week
Meet Yvonne Allen
Obituary: Arthur Mu-En Lee
Town Meeting
The 124 runners on Team Brigham 2000 braved chilly temperatures and strong headwinds as they tackled the 104th running of the Boston Marathon on April 17. The team—19 of whom are BWH employees—dashed past cheering onlookers all afternoon to raise money to benefit the hospital’s community outreach programs. The first BWH employee to arrive at the finish line was Laura Mauri, MD, Cardiovascular Medicine, completing the race with a time of 3:49:07. Thomas Miller, a nursing co-op student in 7D Burn Trauma, was the first male BWH employee on Team Brigham to finish this year’s marathon, arriving at 4:08:09. The youngest member of Team Brigham, 18-year-old Anjali Savoie, completed the race at 5:03:35; while the oldest member, 70-year-old Bill Bliss, finished in 5:17:33. Danalyn Adams Scharf, who received a heart transplant at BWH three years ago, made history by being the first female heart transplant recipient to run a marathon (Pictured at left). She arrived at the finish line with a time of 5:53:00, where she was greeted by the sister of the heart donor. While competition or sheer love of running draws many participants to the Boston Marathon, the members of Team Brigham are running to make a difference. The money they raise goes directly to various community outreach programs within and affiliated with the hospital’s Office for Women, Family and Community Programs, including the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center, the Brookside Community Health Center, the Boston English High School Teen Health Center, and the Maurice J. Tobin School. Each participant on the team made a personal commitment to raise at least $2,000. So far,more than $250,000 has been raised towards the goal of $300,000. Stephen Wagner—a Deloitte & Touche employee who to date has raised over $22,000, making him the top fundraiser on Team Brigham—ran for the Ellen Gabriel Breast Cancer Fund, which supports breast cancer research initiatives, education, and community outreach programs. The fund was named in honor of his friend and colleague Ellen Gabriel, a BWH patient who lost her battle against breast cancer last June. “I was raising money for the fund on my own; and when people found out, they wanted to join in,” Wagner says. “Ellen was an incredible person, and this is all in her honor.” Although the next Boston Marathon is a full year away, 61 people have already registered to run on Team Brigham 2001—55 of whom were on the 2000 team. BWH Trustee and John Hancock president David D’Allessandro, who donated the 124 numbers used by this year’s Team Brigham, will donate several numbers once again next year. Team Brigham—BWH Employees’ Marathon Times Laura Mauri 3:49:07 Thomas Miller 4:08:09 Dee Dee Mariano 4:09:17 Kim Reddington 4:16:20 Elizabeth Taylor 4:22:29 Julia Quigley 4:27:55 Katrina Bickerstaff 4:34:46 Michael Bickerstaff 4:34:46 Alexander Borowsky 4:37:44 Carol Reynolds 4:37:45 Diane Murray 4:40:58 Stefan Strojwas 4:41:42 Linda Shippee 4:56:46 Susan Withington 4:59:26 Rebecca Finnegan Bonawitz 5:10:09 Jo-Anne Dillman 5:13:16 Robert Hong 5:16:03 Justine Millegan 5:19:23 Barbara Gottlieb 5:23:46