I'm a proud supporter of the PMC because of its long-standing commitment to improving outcomes for cancer patients. I have been an oncologist, specializing in pediatric bone marrow transplantation but also working with adult transplant patients for 30 years. Every year, I ride to honor the struggle of patients and families and in the hopes that together we will make more of a difference. The outpouring of emotion (joy, sadness and dedication) that surrounds the riders is always an enormous inspiration - to finish each ride but also to do better and to rededicate oneself to finding better solutions. In memory of those who have died - my own mother and grandmother both died of cancer, joined this year by my lifelong best friend - and those affected now and those who we hope to keep from having the same difficult road to follow. Thank you for helping.