Colleagues Run Boston Marathon in Memory of Slain Wellesley Surgeon

On Marathon Monday, Dr. Charles Nyman and nine other runners participated in the Boston Marathon in honor of the cardiovascular surgeon from Wellesley who was shot and killed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston on Jan. 20.

The Boston Globe reported that the runners, most of whom worked with the late Michael J. Davidson, raised more than $70,000 for his wife and four children: Graham, 2; Liv, 8; Kate, 10; and Mikaela Jane, who was recently born on April 4.

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In January, 44-year-old Davidson was shot to death in an exam room at the Brigham by Stephen Pasceri, whose mother died weeks after Davidson successfully operated on her. Pasceri, 55, who blamed Davidson for her death, killed himself after shooting the surgeon twice.

Dr. Caroline Fox, who worked with Davidson at the Brigham, said to the Globe that he and his wife had helped teach her how to hydrate properly and carry enough snacks when she picked up running about a year ago.

“I’m running in his honor, I’m running with all those memories and all those different facets of his life,” she said. “It’s not just a run anymore. It’s much more than that.”

>>> Click here to check out Patch’s runner profile of Caroline Fox.

Michael Davidson himself ran the Boston Marathon in 2010 to celebrate his 40th birthday.

Read the full Boston Globe story here.

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