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Our Mission: It is our aim to promote the early detection of ovarian
cancer through education,
research and advocacy. We hope to raise awareness about ovarian
cancer and provide support
and outreach programs for women and their families. Our
education program will also enhance the diagnostic understanding of
ovarian cancer by the medical community. We will achieve our
goals through the use of media, newsletters, pamphlets and lectures.
It is our intention to encourage legislators to support funding for
research and education pertaining to ovarian cancer and other
gynecologic cancers.
Charles Rudy
Charles Rudy, Founder of Voice, A
Real Estate Executive, has
been active in community activities for many years. He served
as Associate Trustee of North Shore University Hospital, as a board
Member of the North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center and was a
Founder of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He
believes that men and women must be their own health advocates and
hopes to promote this through VOICE.
Dr. Marilyn Varadi
Marilyn Meyrow Varadi was born in the
Midwood section of Brooklyn. She attended Midwood High and Harpur
College, State University of Binghamton. She received her BA
from Brooklyn College and her Masters Degree in School Psychology
from City College. After a clinical internship at the Staten
Island Mental Health Center she began her doctorate at NYU and
recieved her Ph.D. from NYU. She received her New York State
Certification in Educational Administration.
Today, Marilyn is a licensed psychologist and certified school
psychologist. She was a school psychologist supervisor of
School Psychologists with the NYC Board of Education for over 30
years.
Marilyn was an adjunct faculty member in the School Psychology
Department of both NYU and
Queens College.
In 1968, she married John Varadi, a Hungarian refugee and has a
daughter, Lisa.
They lived in
Manhattan before moving to Great Neck and Westhampton, Long Island.
John was the Director of
Health and Safety at Ciba-Geigy (now Novartis).
After John's death in 1991, Marilyn met Chick Rudy and they have
been together almost 19 years.
Marilyn not only is an educator and psychologist, but has been an
advocate for children and parents
for
many years. She has served on the board of "Resolve," a
national infertility organization, and ran support groups for
infertile couples. She has appeared on radio and in the press
with relation to her
involvement and education of couples as to the emotional
consequences of infertility.
Today, Marilyn enjoys bridge, golf and semi-retirement. She is
the Co-Chair of the Varadi Ovarian Initiative for Cancer Education,
which was founded in her honor by Chick Rudy in 2005.
Our Board of Directors:
Charles Rudy, Chairman, Founder
Dr Marilyn Varadi, Co-Chairman
Jay Grossman
Tom Donovan
Nathan Halegua
We work closely with the
National Ovarian Cancer Early Detection Program at the Mount Sinai
School of Medicine and help to fund the research being conducted by Dr. David
Fishman, one of the nations leading gynecological cancer
researchers.
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