Team Waddell, named in honor of Virgilee and Oliver Waddell, is a 4-year-old cycling team that has raised $85,000 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society through the annual Kroger Brand MS 150 Bike Tour, a two-day event with 150- and 100-mile routes. In 2006, 24 Team Waddell cyclists raised nearly $16,000 for national MS research and local MS programs, finishing among the top ten fund-raising teams in the Cincinnati-Dayton area and qualifying for the MS Society's platinum-level fundraising award. Team captains for 2007 are John M. Tew, MD, a Mayfield Clinic neurosurgeon and Clinical Director of The Neuroscience Institute; Lori Shutter, MD, a neurointensivist with the Mayfield Clinic and The Neuroscience Institute; and Bibiana Bielekova, MD, Director of the Waddell Center.

Team Waddell welcomes new riders, including those who are not affiliated with the Waddell Center, the Mayfield Clinic or The Neuroscience Institute. If you would like to join our team, please contact Cindy Starr via email, or call 513-569-5321.

Team Waddell 2005
Beautiful scenery from Tour de Farms 2005.
Raj Narayan, MD, a Mayfield Clinic neurosurgeon, and his wife, Tina Narayan, MD, a pediatric neurologist.	Brad Skidmore, MD, a Mayfield Clinic neurosurgeon.
John Tew, MD, Andy Ringer, MD, Michael Privitera, MD, and Dr. Skidmore. Drs. Tew and Ringer are neurosurgeons with the Mayfield Clinic, and Dr. Privitera is director of the Cincinnati Epilepsy Center at The Neuroscience Institute.
Dr. Ringer and his wife, Leesa, rode a tandem in 2004.	Dr. Tew and Oliver Waddell, whose $5 million gift launched the Waddell Center for Multiple Sclerosis, chat during the stopover.