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NUHS-Florida Faculty and Students Support the
2025 BOSTON MARATHON
Front: Parker Helton, Dr. Carlo Guadagno; Middle: Mikaela Crocker, Mary Medovich; Back: Ryan Thomasz, Anthonia Echevarria, Zhanna Leavitt, Tabitha Trymbiski, Chase Miller and John Asmus
This year, more than 30,000 runners participated in the prestigious 2025 Boston Marathon held in April. With 31,670 entrants and 28,284 athletes completing the race, 98.4 % of starters completed the formidable challenge— a large-scale crowd by any standard. The world-renowned athletic event required the support of 1,900 medical staff. National University of Health Sciences( NUHS)- Florida had an unprecedented opportunity: faculty and students served as part of the medical team.
While chiropractic expertise was important in the past, this was the first year that a chiropractic university was invited to assist the event, giving students a truly unique learning experience. NUHS faculty members Carlo Guadagno, DC, DACBSP, associate professor and Vasilios Nenos, DC, DIBCN, Clinical Sciences Instructor, along with 23 NUHS students( many of them members of the Sports Council) lent their leadership and chiropractic skills to support the marathon. Team NUHS served alongside allopathic members of the event’ s medical team, giving students a unique vantage point from which to professionally interact with their future health care peers.
For the past 13 years, Dr. Karson Mui has supported the Boston Marathon as a chiropractic physician. This year, he served as the Branch Director for Medical Sweep, with responsibility for more than five city blocks of the course, leading 130 + of the 260 medical sweep staff. Thanks to Dr. Mui’ s invitation last year, Dr. Guadagno enjoyed his first year serving the Boston Marathon. His international reputation
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ALUMNEWS / SUMMER 2025