Team Waddell, named in honor of Virgilee and Oliver Waddell, is a
5-year-old cycling team that has raised $103,000 for the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society through the annual Bike MS, a two-day event with 150-
and 100-mile routes. In 2007, 30 T eam Waddell cyclists raised $18,500 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 captain for 2007 was Lori
Shutter, MD, a neurointensivist with the Mayfield Clinic and The
Neuroscience Institute.

Team captains for 2008 are John M. Tew, MD, neurosurgeon with the
Mayfield Clinic and Clinical Director of The Neuroscience Institute, and
Maria Melanson, MD, Clinical Director of the Waddell Center for Multiple
Sclerosis.

Dates for the 2008 ride are July 12-13. For registration information, go
to Ohio Valley Chapter of the National MS Society.

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.