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    <end-datetime type="datetime">2009-04-30T21:30:00Z</end-datetime>
    <event-location-id type="integer">1059</event-location-id>
    <id type="integer">1069</id>
    <long-description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sponsor: Genzyme&amp;nbsp; Speaker: Dr Saffria&amp;nbsp; Topic: Fabry's Dz and metabolic 
disorder&lt;/p&gt;</long-description>
    <name>April Meeting</name>
    <purchasing-enabled type="boolean">false</purchasing-enabled>
    <short-description>Villa Monaco's in West Islip</short-description>
    <start-datetime type="datetime">2009-04-30T18:30:00Z</start-datetime>
    <thumbnail-id type="integer"></thumbnail-id>
    <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
  </biz/event>
  <biz/event>
    <business-id type="integer">353</business-id>
    <end-datetime type="datetime">2009-05-03T16:00:00Z</end-datetime>
    <event-location-id type="integer"></event-location-id>
    <id type="integer">1070</id>
    <long-description>&lt;p&gt;Those of you who are not familiar with IDOC should consider joining and going to this meeting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;IDOC is like a buying group for optometrists but I think it's better than several others..discounts are higher and there are incentives and rebates that more than cover the cost of the membership.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I went to this meeting last year and purchased a software package for medical billing that did great things for my bottom line, and met an optometrist who has some great ideas about fee bundling that I initiated in my practice with some success.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The meeting is not far away, it's fun, and you'll learn something for sure. Consider checking it out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click this link for a pdf file describing the event.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;http://www.idoc.net/idoc/uploads/meeting/2009_Nat%27l_Meeting_Working_Agenda.pdf&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</long-description>
    <name>IDOC Annual Meeting in Rye NY</name>
    <purchasing-enabled type="boolean">false</purchasing-enabled>
    <short-description>Its local, fun, and informative</short-description>
    <start-datetime type="datetime">2009-05-01T20:30:00Z</start-datetime>
    <thumbnail-id type="integer"></thumbnail-id>
    <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
  </biz/event>
  <biz/event>
    <business-id type="integer">353</business-id>
    <end-datetime type="datetime">2009-05-19T21:00:00Z</end-datetime>
    <event-location-id type="integer"></event-location-id>
    <id type="integer">1076</id>
    <long-description></long-description>
    <name>May Meeting</name>
    <purchasing-enabled type="boolean">false</purchasing-enabled>
    <short-description>Details TBA</short-description>
    <start-datetime type="datetime">2009-05-19T19:00:00Z</start-datetime>
    <thumbnail-id type="integer"></thumbnail-id>
    <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
  </biz/event>
  <biz/event>
    <business-id type="integer">353</business-id>
    <end-datetime type="datetime">2009-06-02T21:00:00Z</end-datetime>
    <event-location-id type="integer">1096</event-location-id>
    <id type="integer">1122</id>
    <long-description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;San Marco Ristorante&lt;br /&gt;658 Motor Parkway&lt;br /&gt;Hauppauge&lt;br /&gt;(631) 
273-0088&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;exit 55, stay on service road for ~1/2 mile&lt;br /&gt;right onto Motor 
Parkway&lt;br /&gt;1/2 mile on left&lt;br /&gt;next to HSBC bank&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</long-description>
    <name>June Meeting</name>
    <purchasing-enabled type="boolean">false</purchasing-enabled>
    <short-description>Eric Donnenfeld MDO</short-description>
    <start-datetime type="datetime">2009-06-02T19:00:00Z</start-datetime>
    <thumbnail-id type="integer"></thumbnail-id>
    <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
  </biz/event>
  <biz/event>
    <business-id type="integer">353</business-id>
    <end-datetime type="datetime">2009-09-10T21:00:00Z</end-datetime>
    <event-location-id type="integer"></event-location-id>
    <id type="integer">1139</id>
    <long-description>&lt;p&gt;Jeff Martin, MD&lt;/p&gt;</long-description>
    <name>September Meeting</name>
    <purchasing-enabled type="boolean">false</purchasing-enabled>
    <short-description>Details DBA</short-description>
    <start-datetime type="datetime">2009-09-10T19:00:00Z</start-datetime>
    <thumbnail-id type="integer"></thumbnail-id>
    <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
  </biz/event>
  <biz/event>
    <business-id type="integer">353</business-id>
    <end-datetime type="datetime">2009-10-13T21:00:00Z</end-datetime>
    <event-location-id type="integer">970</event-location-id>
    <id type="integer">1140</id>
    <long-description>&lt;p&gt;Susan Resnick, OD "Evaluation and Management of the Compromised 
Cornea"&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Huntington Hilton&amp;nbsp; Melville&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RSVP to Cate Scandiffio by Friday October 9th at drcateyes@hotmail.com&lt;/p&gt;</long-description>
    <name>October Meeting</name>
    <purchasing-enabled type="boolean">false</purchasing-enabled>
    <short-description>Joint meeting with NCOS Sponsored by B&amp;L</short-description>
    <start-datetime type="datetime">2009-10-13T19:00:00Z</start-datetime>
    <thumbnail-id type="integer"></thumbnail-id>
    <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
  </biz/event>
  <biz/event>
    <business-id type="integer">353</business-id>
    <end-datetime type="datetime">2009-11-12T21:00:00Z</end-datetime>
    <event-location-id type="integer">1142</event-location-id>
    <id type="integer">1205</id>
    <long-description>&lt;p&gt;Captain Bill's in BayShore -- speaker Dr Raju Sarwal -- Focusing Ophthalmology on Reframing Glaucoma Evaluation (Forge III).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RSVP to Catherine Scandiffio &amp;lt;drcateyes@hotmail.com&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</long-description>
    <name>November Meeting</name>
    <purchasing-enabled type="boolean">false</purchasing-enabled>
    <short-description>Sponsored by Allergan </short-description>
    <start-datetime type="datetime">2009-11-12T19:00:00Z</start-datetime>
    <thumbnail-id type="integer"></thumbnail-id>
    <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
  </biz/event>
  <biz/event>
    <business-id type="integer">353</business-id>
    <end-datetime type="datetime">2009-12-15T21:00:00Z</end-datetime>
    <event-location-id type="integer">970</event-location-id>
    <id type="integer">1206</id>
    <long-description>&lt;p&gt;Dwight Ackerman, OD&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; "Back to the Future - It's Time to Re-think Daily Disposable Soft Lenses 
"&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Huntington 
Hilton&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Sponsored by CIBA&lt;/p&gt;</long-description>
    <name>December Meeting</name>
    <purchasing-enabled type="boolean">false</purchasing-enabled>
    <short-description>Joint meeting with Nassau Society</short-description>
    <start-datetime type="datetime">2009-12-15T19:00:00Z</start-datetime>
    <thumbnail-id type="integer"></thumbnail-id>
    <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
  </biz/event>
  <biz/event>
    <business-id type="integer">353</business-id>
    <end-datetime type="datetime">2010-02-23T21:30:00Z</end-datetime>
    <event-location-id type="integer">970</event-location-id>
    <id type="integer">1259</id>
    <long-description>&lt;p&gt;This is a joint meeting at the Huntington 
Hilton --&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 
Nutraceuticals lecture by Dr Steven Newman&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Sponsor 
MEDOP&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Joint with Nassau&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Please RSVP asap&lt;/p&gt;</long-description>
    <name>February Meeting</name>
    <purchasing-enabled type="boolean">false</purchasing-enabled>
    <short-description>Sponsored by MedOp</short-description>
    <start-datetime type="datetime">2010-02-23T19:00:00Z</start-datetime>
    <thumbnail-id type="integer"></thumbnail-id>
    <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
  </biz/event>
  <biz/event>
    <business-id type="integer">353</business-id>
    <end-datetime type="datetime">2010-03-01T21:00:00Z</end-datetime>
    <event-location-id type="integer">1152</event-location-id>
    <id type="integer">1332</id>
    <long-description>&lt;p&gt;Marriott Hotel - Melville -- 7-9pm&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; David Krumholz, 
OD&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Sponsored by Suffolk &amp;amp; Nassau Optometric societies in 
conjunction c SUNY&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Please come out and support our groups 
&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Cost $50,&amp;nbsp; required q4yrs for all ODs&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Course is open to non-members for fee of $75&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;checks payable to 
Suffolk County Optometric Society and sent to 
&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Henry 
Bickoff,OD&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;36&amp;nbsp;Carroll Ct.&amp;nbsp; Greenlawn, NY 11740&lt;/p&gt;</long-description>
    <name>Infection Control Course</name>
    <purchasing-enabled type="boolean">false</purchasing-enabled>
    <short-description>David Krumholtz OD</short-description>
    <start-datetime type="datetime">2010-03-01T19:00:00Z</start-datetime>
    <thumbnail-id type="integer"></thumbnail-id>
    <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
  </biz/event>
  <biz/event>
    <business-id type="integer">353</business-id>
    <end-datetime type="datetime">2010-03-15T21:00:00Z</end-datetime>
    <event-location-id type="integer">1053</event-location-id>
    <id type="integer">1344</id>
    <long-description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; John Mauro, DO -- Uveitis&amp;nbsp; -- this is Dr Martin's new 
associate.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Please 
RSVP&lt;/p&gt;</long-description>
    <name>March Meeting</name>
    <purchasing-enabled type="boolean">false</purchasing-enabled>
    <short-description>Sponsored by Inspire</short-description>
    <start-datetime type="datetime">2010-03-15T19:00:00Z</start-datetime>
    <thumbnail-id type="integer"></thumbnail-id>
    <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
  </biz/event>
  <biz/event>
    <business-id type="integer">353</business-id>
    <end-datetime type="datetime">2010-04-12T21:00:00Z</end-datetime>
    <event-location-id type="integer">829</event-location-id>
    <id type="integer">1345</id>
    <long-description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 
Stuart Podell, OD -- Intriguing Cases&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Please RSVP (but wait until after March meeting 
please)&lt;/p&gt;</long-description>
    <name>April Meeting</name>
    <purchasing-enabled type="boolean">false</purchasing-enabled>
    <short-description>Sponsored by Alcon</short-description>
    <start-datetime type="datetime">2010-04-12T19:00:00Z</start-datetime>
    <thumbnail-id type="integer"></thumbnail-id>
    <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
  </biz/event>
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