Stony Brook Medicine residents served as volunteers at the 2014 TCS New York City Marathon in Central Park on November 2.

The NYC Marathon is the largest annual marathon in the world and had more than 50,000 runners participating this year.

Some of the Stony Brook medical team volunteering at the NYC Marathon. From left to right: Sean Hsu, Lily Sadri, Christine Garcia, Lindsey Schachter, Kristine Jang and Ayanna Lewis.

The internal medicine residents represented Stony Brook at the finish line medical tent providing acute care for injured runners. They worked collaboratively alongside other medical professionals from the tri-state area.

Medical personnel provided care for thousands of runners at medical tents throughout the race, treating hundreds of patients with injuries such as ankle sprains, dehydration, and severe muscle cramping.

The Stony Brook Rapid Response Team, Barbara Mills and Nancy Wichtendahl, also ran the intensive care unit (ICU) at the finish line seeing critically ill runners prior to transport to hospitals.