Highlights | Ready, set, volunteer
- The UW Medicine Seattle Marathon and Half Marathon will be held at Memorial Stadium in the Seattle Center on Sunday, Dec. 1 (Thanksgiving weekend).
- UW Medicine is the title sponsor.
- Join your UW Medicine colleagues and volunteer — sign up now for medical or administrative roles with the medical team on race day.
UW Medicine is pleased to be the title sponsor of the Seattle Marathon, which promotes exercise and wellness. Since 2007, UW Medicine team members have volunteered at the marathon in both medical and administrative capacities. Led by Mark Harrast, MD, a sports medicine physician at UW Medical Center and the Seattle Marathon medical director, medical volunteer teams manage stations along the course and at the finish line.
“I enjoy making this a clinically sound but also educational and fun experience for the entire team,” says Harrast. “We expect a larger event than the last few years since the pandemic, and I’m seeking UW Medicine community support to continue to provide high quality care for the event participants.”
Volunteers needed for both medical and administrative roles
When are the volunteer shifts? Volunteers can sign up for all day, morning or afternoon shifts on Sunday, Dec. 1 (Thanksgiving weekend).
Who can volunteer? Medical team members include physicians, nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, medical assistants and techs, as well as students in these fields and administrative staff. Medical volunteers help handle routine and complex medical ailments common to endurance events. These include strains and sprains, muscle cramps, blisters and abrasions, hypothermia, heat stroke and exercise-associated collapse, including cardiac and metabolic disorders.
How to sign up? If interested, please complete the UW Medicine Seattle Marathon Medical Team Volunteer registration form. Volunteers will attend a virtual orientation in late November.
For more information, contact rmsports@uw.edu.
