RUTH LOPEZ NOVODOR: FOUNDER & CHAIRPERSON

Ruth L. Novodor, CEO of Beverly Oncology and Founder of Beverly Oncology Women’s Foundation located in Montebello, CA. She has over 30 years of experience in cancer care and a unique concern for those in underserved communites. Through her unique vision to provide early detection and screening to those who otherwise would not have the awareness or financial means to receive care, she has established a not-for-profit with an immediate benefit to members of these communities.

The team as a whole have a varied and excellent roster of board members! All of our board members are currently serving in healthcare, some are cancer survivors and more than 90% are women.  So, when you support the Beverly Oncology Women’s Foundation, you are flanked by those with a passion for bringing the latest and proven methods of dealing with cancer to our underserved communities.

Our EXPERTISE

Our innovative group is focused on early detection screening and treatment, specifically targeting, underserved populations here in southern California.

As a group of highly energized, knowledgeable and connected healthcare professionals we provide patients:

1. BCEDP                                 Breast Cancer Early Detection Program

1. Breast MRIs                        Painless (In comparison with mammogram)                  Radiation Free                    Sharper Images

1. Navigational Skill               Patient navigation is a process by which an individual—a patient navigator—guides patients with a suspicious finding (eg, test shows they may have cancer) through and around barriers in the complex cancer care system to help ensure timely diagnosis and treatment.

FACTS about cancer in our local communities

The U.S. Hispanic population is expected to triple in the next 40 years, and by 2050, one in four women in the United States will be a Latina. That means the health challenges facing this community – soaring rates of breast and cervical cancers – will be multiplying in the years ahead, too.

Here are a few disturbing statistics:

1. Breast cancer ranks highest among all cancers affecting Latinas in the United States, and the five-year survivorship rate for Latinas is lower than that for non-Latina whites.
2. Cervical cancer rates are up to three times higher than those for non-Latina whites.
3. Latinas are 1.5 times more likely to die from cervical cancer as compared with non-Hispanic white women.

Latinas are waiting too long to get the care they need, says Dr. Flavia Mercado, medical director for the Hispanic Health Coalition of Georgia.