NYSOA Prospectus Winter 2016

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Vision Expo East Announces Innovative New Education Content

Programming features prestigious lecturers and rising stars for a robust, best-in-class curriculum.

Numerous innovative programs have been added to the education curriculum at International Vision Expo East 2017, taking place at the Javits Center in New York, NY (Education: Mar. 30-Apr. 2; Exhibition: Mar. 31-Apr. 2). Registration is open for the industry’s most comprehensive continuing education program, held steps away from the largest exhibit hall of eyewear and eyecare products in the Americas.

“Vision Expo East 2017 features over 300 hours of continuing education, including 20 specialty tracks,” said Mark Dunbar, OD, FAAO, Co-Chairman, Conference Advisory Board.” Attendees have access to endless program

New education programs at International Vision Expo East 2017:

• The all-new Vision Series format allows attendees to continue learning over lunch while industry leaders address the latest clinical innovations.

• Building on its success and high demand from Vision Expo West, Vision Expo East will host a new, expanded Scleral Lens Track including a hands-on workshop. Attendees will gain a thorough understanding of the scleral lens fitting process and advanced problem solving techniques.

• Attendees will learn from the next generation of industry leaders at the Intrepid Talks, where members of The Intrepid Eye Society present on the advancement of optometry covering topics related to future medical therapeutics/delivery platforms, diagnostics, collaborative care models, practice development and more.

• New Blue Light sessions present everything from the latest research

choices developed and delivered by the industry’s most prestigious lecturers, which is just one of the reasons why 99% of eyecare professionals attending say they gain valuable insights at International Vision Expo that will have a positive impact on their practice.”

The attendee-favorite Global Contact Lens Forum returns as a “meeting within a meeting”, with a new format offering direct access to thought leaders discussing the future of the contact lens practice, along with the latest advancements and critical business strategies.

The Ocular Surface Disease and Wellness Symposium will teach attendees how an ocular practice can mirror a preventative care model to better diagnose and treat patients, and the expertise needed to recognize dry eye diseases.

findings to the basics of blue light—both indoors and outside—and how to communicate this critical information and offer the best solutions to patients.

• The new Practice Owner & Manager Essentials program will focus on the business side of optometry for doctors and key decision makers, including strategies doctors need to grow business.

• The newly created, retail-focused Manager’s ‘To-Do-List’ mini-track features actionable takeaways attendees can immediately implement.

Additionally, Vision Expo has partnered with Google and Marketing4ECPs to share techniques to optimize search technology to a grow business.

More details are available on the Vision Expo Website.

To learn more about Vision Expo, or to register, visit: visionexpoeast.com/NYSOA

“Vision Expo is noted for its diversified curriculum applicable to all eyecare providers, covering the latest hot-topics,” said Ben Gaddie, OD, FAAO, Co-Chairman, Conference Advisory Board.

“This year, we are excited to unveil an innovative collaboration with the biggest name in technology. As the global hub for the eyecare industry, we’re bringing attendees a high-value experience throughout all four days.”

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Thank You 2016 CVC Contributors!

Dr. Joseph M Accettura, OD Dr. Diane T Adamczyk, OD Dr. Sabrina Ahmed, OD Dr. Steven R Ali, OD Dr. Matthew C Allen, OD Dr. Robert J Ancona, OD Dr. Lori E Arbital, OD Dr. Judith Archibold, OD Dr. Chelsea A Ashlaw, OD Dr. P. Giordana Avila, OD Dr. Alan M Bagun, OD Dr. Stephen M Baker, OD Dr. Francesco J Barbarossa, OD

Dr. Sherry J Bass, OD Dr. Edward Berger, OD Dr. Brian K Berliner, OD Dr. Paul R Bernstein, OD Dr. Andrea S Bernstein, OD Dr. Andrew Bienstock, OD Dr. Teresa Blackstone, OD Dr. Brian E Bleiler, OD Dr. Corinne E Blum, OD Dr. Casimir K Bobowski, OD Dr. Juliana E Boneta, OD Dr. Gregory Borukhov, OD Dr. Carolee R Boyd, OD

Dr. Daniel Brunenavs, OD Dr. Edward G Bryant, OD Dr. Nancy M Bulas-Wadas, OD Dr. Grace Y Burke, OD Dr. Scott J Bushinger, OD Dr. Paul J Caito, OD Dr. Theodore J Calabrese, OD Dr. Jeffrey J. Calhoun, OD Dr. Astrid Sophia Cantillo, OD Dr. Victoria M Capote, OD Dr. Gina M. Cardone, OD

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P ROS P ECTUS | V OL 42 | ISSUE 3 | 2016 Continued From Page 5 Dr. Rhonda Carr, OD Dr. Eric R Carson, OD Dr. James G Cayea, OD Dr. Jill C Chafitz, OD Dr. Thomas Chao, OD Dr. Henry Chaung, OD Dr. Natalya Chernyshenko, OD Dr. Lillian F Chin, OD Dr. Paul M China, OD Dr. Dale Ching, OD Dr. Dawn Chivers, OD Dr. Benjamin Chudner, OD Dr. Richard R Chute, OD Dr. David N Ciccone, OD Dr. Jay M Cohen, OD Dr. Roy B Cohen, OD Dr. Jennifer J Colavito, OD Dr. Christopher J Colburn, OD Dr. Joseph D Conigliaro, OD Dr. Jeannette Cooper, OD Dr. Jeffrey S Cooper, OD Dr. Gail E Correale, OD Dr. Paul R Cosenza, OD Dr. James B Crable, OD Dr. Mario J Craig, OD Dr. Alexander R Crinzi, OD Dr. Jennifer Cummings, OD Dr. Lawrence M Cusma, OD Dr. Ellen W. Cutler, OD Dr. Miki Lyn D’Angelo, OD Dr. Allan E Davis, OD Dr. Nathan T De Deo, OD Dr. Julie DeMartini-Ignolia, OD Dr. Jack L Devore, OD Dr. David J Dexter, OD Dr. Christopher J DiGiorgio, OD Dr. Anne E Dodgen-Averitt, OD Dr. Michael J Dolan, OD Dr. Anne M Downey, OD Dr. Christine Dumestre, OD Dr. Erik Ebbing, OD Dr. Frederick R Edmunds, OD Dr. Nadine M. Eisenberg, OD Dr. Jack Eisner, OD Dr. Caitlin A Eleftherion, OD Dr. Burt S Eschen, OD Dr. Michele A Espinosa, OD Dr. Jack Facchin, OD Dr. Ashley B Fazzary, OD Dr. Brian Fengel, OD Dr. Chester Fichandler, OD Dr. Murray Fingeret, OD Dr. Susan S Fisher, OD

Dr. Kirk C Flynn, OD Dr. Jennifer P Flynn, OD Dr. Anastasios Fokas, OD Dr. Robert S Fox, OD Dr. Howard S. Fried, OD Dr. Richard A Frio, OD Dr. Gregory Gaglioti, OD Dr. Joseph P Gambacorta, OD Dr. Angela E Gardner, OD Dr. Ilana Gelfond-Polnariev, OD Dr. Maria Gibbons, OD Dr. Steven Givner, OD Dr. Gwenda R Gnadt, OD Dr. Charles I Gold, OD Dr. Edward M Goldberg, OD Dr. Carly M Goldberg, OD Dr. Steven Goldenberg, OD Dr. Ronald S Goldstein, OD Dr. Traci M Goldstein, OD Dr. Brad C Gollinger, OD Dr. Vincent B Graniero, OD Dr. Robert S Greenbaum, OD Dr. Anne Griffin, OD Dr. Diana G Grishina, OD Dr. Shari L Gustin, OD Dr. Vadim Guy, OD Dr. Paula I Handell, OD

Dr. Emily C Hanlon, OD Dr. Joseph Hargrave, OD Dr. Paul E Harvey, OD Dr. Neil Henninger, OD Dr. Elizabeth Hetrick, OD Dr. Gary A Holtzberg, OD Dr. Mitchell I Horowitz, OD Dr. Mei W Huang, OD Dr. Steven N Ihrig, OD Dr. Judy M Jeffers, OD Dr. Barri Jean J Jones, OD Dr. Arthur D Jung, OD Dr. Fikret Kajoshaj, OD Dr. George J Kaknis, OD Dr. Thomas M Kaminska, OD Dr. Viola Kanevsky, OD Dr. Neera Kapoor, OD Dr. Sanford J. Katims, OD Dr. Sandra C Kellett, OD Dr. Joel N Kestenbaum, OD Dr. Daniel Kirchheimer, OD Dr. Daniel P Kirkpatrick, OD Dr. Sarah Boulais Klein, OD Dr. Roy A Kline, OD Dr. Donald B Knapp, OD Dr. Leslie R Kolker, OD

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P ROS P ECTUS | V OL 42 | ISSUE 3 | 2016 Continued From Page 7 Dr. Martin Kornblatt, OD Dr. Jerome M Kramer, OD Dr. David M Krumholz, OD Dr. Michael S Krzyzak, OD Dr. Richard B Krzyzak, OD Dr. Michele A Lagana, OD Dr. Lori Marie Landrio, OD Dr. Thomas J Landry, OD Dr. William J Lapple, OD Dr. Eric W Lau, OD Dr. Alan S Lax, OD Dr. William J Leahey, OD Dr. Dickson Lee, OD Dr. Kathy Lee, OD Dr. Robert J Lehrer, OD Dr. David L Leibstein, OD Dr. Patti L Leonard, OD Dr. Michael B Levinson, OD Dr. Gina Litz, OD Dr. Rocco F Loccisano, OD Dr. Laurence Lonky, OD Dr. Michael Madigan, OD Dr. Richard J Madonna, OD Dr. Richard C Malara, OD Dr. Joanne Malek, OD

Dr. Lisa Maltz, OD Dr. Marilyn Mann, OD Dr. Sergio Marano, OD Dr. Albert Marcantonio, OD Dr. Anthony Marinelli, OD Dr. Marie A Marrone, OD Dr. Gerald G Mattison, OD Dr. John J Maurillo, OD Dr. Mark R Maxon, OD Dr. Robert P McCormick, OD Dr. Michael J McGovern, OD Dr. Ronald A Meeker, OD Dr. Bradley R Meltzer, OD Dr. Lawrence D Miller, OD Dr. Arlene Minkoff, OD Dr. George Mitsoglou, OD Dr. Henry W Mole, OD Dr. Scott I Morrison, OD Dr. Rebecca A Nally, OD Dr. David L Naparstek, OD Dr. John Anh-Khoa Nguyen, OD Dr. Michael J O’Connor, OD Dr. Steven A Ohlbaum, OD Dr. Melissa C Oltz, OD Dr. Eric Orava, OD Dr. David S Orenstein, OD Dr. Shruti Pandya, OD

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Dr. Eugene Parker, OD Dr. Gina M Parsloe, OD Dr. Richard Pascucci, OD Dr. John Richard Paskowski, OD Dr. Viren R Patel, OD Dr. Hiral Patel, OD Dr. Nehal P. Patel-Chille, OD Dr. Ralph Paternoster, OD Dr. Brian D Peralta, OD Dr. Todd Pereira, OD Dr. Elisa B Perreault, OD Dr. Vernon A Peryea, OD Dr. Frank J Pirozzolo, OD Dr. Raymond Pirozzolo, OD Dr. John P Plow, OD Dr. E. Michael Polao, OD Dr. Cristina Polizzi, OD Dr. Brian Powell, OD Dr. Ira M Price, OD Dr. Richard S Price, OD Dr. Kristin A Protosow-Campo, OD Dr. Todd D Punim, OD Dr. Nicholas A Radetzky, OD Dr. Ami C Ranani, OD Dr. John Ray, OD Dr. Damaris Raymondi, OD Dr. Monica Redmond, OD Dr. William T Reindel, OD Dr. Fran L Reinstein, OD Dr. Susan A Resnick, OD Dr. David L. Reves, OD Dr. Pollyanna L Roach, OD Dr. Debbie C Roodner, OD Dr. Kevin D Rosin, OD Dr. Franco Rossi, OD Dr. Theresa Rostkowski, OD Dr. Neil Rubin, OD Dr. John Rundquist, OD Dr. Laurie A Runnerstrom, OD Dr. Daniella Rutner, OD Dr. Andrew J Sacco, OD Dr. Nicolette J Sacco-Brown, OD Dr. Denise Samaroo, OD Dr. Leonard J Savedoff, OD Dr. Catherine C Scandiffio, OD Dr. Samuel B Schenker, OD Dr. James A Schultz, OD Dr. Timothy J Schwach, OD Dr. Elliot Schwartz, OD Dr. Steven H Schwartz, OD Dr. Glenn A Seifert, OD Dr. Arkady Selenow, OD Dr. Matthew E Sendker, OD

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Counsel’s Corner: Looking Toward 2017 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

January 2017 begins a new session year for the New York State Senate and Assembly. As many of you know, the NYSOA made significant progress on a long-standing legislative priority - to authorize optometrists to prescribe and use oral medications - by working with the State Senate to pass the bill in June 2016. While the Assembly did not similarly pass the bill, we have continued to work with our Assembly bill sponsor since June to try to address a few concerns which we believe will enable the bill to pass in that house.

The NYSOA membership was instrumental in conveying to the Senate how important this bill is to the profession. Our progress was due to the ongoing commitment by NYSOA members to improve the tools they have available to care for their patients. Because 2017 is a new legislative session, the Senate will again have to pass the legislation and we will have to urge the Assembly to similarly do so. The NYSOA will need your help.

In addition to the orals bill, the NYSOA’s legislative and legal counsel will continue to focus on efforts to battle anti-competitive vision care plan practices, discrimination by health insurances, requirements that impede the delivery of care, and disruptive technology. Some of these issues may entail legislation - some may involve discussions with regulatory agencies, and perhaps litigation. For instance, the NYSOA is one of the organizers of a coalition of health care providers who are seeking legislation to remove the requirement in law that only physicians can co-own professional

practices with other physicians. We have known that the trend in many areas is for various independently licensed health professionals to practice together and we believe removing this antiquated restriction will promote more stable practices that benefit patient care.

Here’s how you can help:

• Participate in the Grassroots Program the NYSOA’s Legislative

Committee is developing in cooperation with your Society Presidents.

Let your Society President know if you would be willing to help educate your local Senators and Assemblymembers regarding the practice of optometry and NYSOA’s legislative priorities.

• Contact Assemblymembers and Senators who represented where

you live and where you work regarding the need for the orals bill and other legislative priorities. Meetings, letter, emails (including through Voter Voice on the NYSOA website) and phone calls all help the effort!

• Come to the NYSOA Lobby Day and walk the halls of the State Capitol, meeting with key legislators and staff. A robust turnout impresses Albany leaders as to the power of a constituency like optometry.

The 2017 legislative session promises to be a pivotal year for the optometric profession. We are looking forward to the challenges and successes- we hope you are too!

2016 CVC Contributors (continued) Continued From Page 9 Dr. Aarti K. Sharma, OD Dr. Mary Rita Sheehy, OD Dr. Christopher W Shiomos, OD Dr. David A Siegel, OD Dr. Margaret M Siegrist, OD Dr. Jennifer Small, OD Dr. Lauren A Smith, OD Dr. Duane R Snyder, OD Dr. Richard M Soden, OD Dr. Michael P Spellicy, OD Dr. Mark R Stadlen, OD Dr. Joseph M Stamm, OD Dr. Elizabeth K Stevens, OD Dr. Marjorie J Strelzyn, OD Dr. Marina Su, OD Dr. Wayne Tabachnick, OD Dr. Barry M Tannen, OD Dr. Andrea P Thau, OD Dr. Gary Tracy, OD Dr. Thuy T Tran, OD Dr. Jennifer M Tribley-Grill, OD Dr. Sonia Valle, OD Dr. David J. Vinci, OD

Dr. Ralph R Vogel, OD Dr. My-Hanh Vu, OD Dr. William J Waldron, OD Dr. Larry B Wallace, OD Dr. Maureen K Wallen, OD Dr. Jeffrey P Warshay, OD Dr. David L Weinberger, OD Dr. Bernard H Weitz, OD Dr. Jan Weitz, OD Dr. Paul J Westfall, OD Dr. Kamaljit S Westfall, OD Dr. Denise M Whittam, OD

Dr. Aleksandra Anna Wianecka, OD Dr. Reem K Wlaschin, OD Dr. Russell M Wohl, OD Dr. Thomas A Wong, OD Dr. Anna Wong, OD Dr. Hui Shi S Wu, OD Dr. Eva Yan, OD Dr. Anupama Yennamandra, OD Dr. Grace Young, OD Dr. Lori A. Youngman, OD Dr. Shandor Zelenger, OD

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Thank You 2016 PAC Contributors!

Dr. First Middle Last, OD Dr. Joseph M Accettura, OD Dr. Diane T Adamczyk, OD Dr. Steven R Ali, OD Dr. Matthew C Allen, OD Dr. Lori E Arbital, OD Dr. Judith Archibold, OD Dr. Chelsea A Ashlaw, OD Dr. Alan M Bagun, OD Dr. Stephen M Baker, OD Dr. Francesco J Barbarossa, OD Dr. Sherry J Bass, OD Dr. Edward Berger, OD

Dr. Paul R Bernstein, OD Dr. Andrea S Bernstein, OD Dr. Andrew Bienstock, OD Dr. Teresa Blackstone, OD Dr. Brian E Bleiler, OD Dr. Corinne E Blum, OD Dr. Casimir K Bobowski, OD Dr. Juliana E Boneta, OD Dr. Gregory Borukhov, OD Dr. Carolee R Boyd, OD Dr. Daniel Brunenavs, OD Dr. Edward G Bryant, OD Dr. Nancy M Bulas-Wadas, OD

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Dr. Grace Y Burke, OD Dr. Scott J Bushinger, OD Dr. Theodore J Calabrese, OD Dr. Jeffrey J. Calhoun, OD Dr. Gina M. Cardone, OD Dr. Rhonda Carr, OD Dr. James G Cayea, OD Dr. Jill C Chafitz, OD Dr. Thomas Chao, OD Dr. Henry Chaung, OD Dr. Natalya Chernyshenko, OD Dr. Lillian F Chin, OD Dr. Dawn Chivers, OD Dr. Benjamin Chudner, OD Dr. Richard R Chute, OD Dr. David N Ciccone, OD Dr. Jay M Cohen, OD Dr. Roy B Cohen, OD Dr. Jennifer J Colavito, OD Dr. Christopher J Colburn, OD Dr. Joseph D Conigliaro, OD Dr. Jeffrey S Cooper, OD Dr. Gail E Correale, OD Dr. James B Crable, OD Dr. Alexander R Crinzi, OD Dr. Jennifer Cummings, OD Dr. Lawrence M Cusma, OD Dr. Ellen W. Cutler, OD Dr. Miki Lyn D’Angelo, OD Dr. Laura Daniels-Vota, OD Dr. Nathan T De Deo, OD Dr. Julie DeMartini-Ignolia, OD Dr. David J Dexter, OD Dr. Christopher J DiGiorgio, OD Dr. Anne E Dodgen-Averitt, OD Dr. Anne M Downey, OD Dr. Christine Dumestre, OD Dr. Erik Ebbing, OD Dr. Nadine M. Eisenberg, OD

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P ROS P ECTUS | V OL 42 | ISSUE 3 | 2016 Continued From Page 12 Dr. Jack Eisner, OD Dr. Caitlin A Eleftherion, OD Dr. Marina Epelman Meyerowitz, OD Dr. Burt S Eschen, OD Dr. Michele A Espinosa, OD Dr. Jack Facchin, OD Dr. Harvey O Feldman, OD Dr. Susan S Fisher, OD Dr. Anastasios Fokas, OD Dr. Robert S Fox, OD Dr. Howard S. Fried, OD Dr. Richard A Frio, OD Dr. Gregory Gaglioti, OD Dr. Gary A Galante, OD Dr. Joseph P Gambacorta, OD Dr. Angela E Gardner, OD Dr. Ilana Gelfond-Polnariev, OD Dr. Dana L Getz, OD Dr. Maria Gibbons, OD Dr. Steven Givner, OD Dr. Gwenda R Gnadt, OD Dr. Charles I Gold, OD Dr. Edward M Goldberg, OD Dr. Carly M Goldberg, OD Dr. Steven Goldenberg, OD Dr. Ronald S Goldstein, OD Dr. Traci M Goldstein, OD Dr. Brad C Gollinger, OD Dr. Vincent B Graniero, OD Dr. Robert J Grasso, OD Dr. Robert S Greenbaum, OD Dr. Diana G Grishina, OD Dr. Vadim Guy, OD Dr. Emily C Hanlon, OD Dr. Paul E Harvey, OD Dr. Neil Henninger, OD Dr. Elizabeth Hetrick, OD Dr. Mitchell I Horowitz, OD Dr. Mei W Huang, OD Dr. Steven N Ihrig, OD Dr. Judy M Jeffers, OD Dr. Barri Jean J Jones, OD Dr. Arthur D Jung, OD Dr. Fikret Kajoshaj, OD Dr. Viola Kanevsky, OD Dr. Neera Kapoor, OD Dr. Sanford J. Katims, OD Dr. Sandra C Kellett, OD Dr. Joel N Kestenbaum, OD Dr. Sarah Boulais Klein, OD Dr. Roy A Kline, OD Dr. Martin Kornblatt, OD Dr. Jerome M Kramer, OD

Dr. David M Krumholz, OD Dr. Richard B Krzyzak, OD Dr. Michele A Lagana, OD Dr. Lori Marie Landrio, OD Dr. Thomas J Landry, OD Dr. William J Lapple, OD Dr. Eric W Lau, OD Dr. Alan S Lax, OD Dr. Dickson Lee, OD Dr. Kathy Lee, OD Dr. Robert J Lehrer, OD Dr. David L Leibstein, OD Dr. Patti L Leonard, OD Dr. Michael B Levinson, OD Dr. Gina Litz, OD Dr. Rocco F Loccisano, OD Dr. Laurence Lonky, OD Dr. Michael Madigan, OD Dr. Richard J Madonna, OD Dr. Richard C Malara, OD Dr. Joanne Malek, OD Dr. Lisa Maltz, OD Dr. Marilyn Mann, OD Dr. Albert Marcantonio, OD Dr. Anthony Marinelli, OD Dr. Marie A Marrone, OD Dr. Gerald G Mattison, OD Dr. John J Maurillo, OD Dr. Mark R Maxon, OD Dr. Robert P McCormick, OD Dr. Michael J McGovern, OD Dr. Bradley R Meltzer, OD Dr. Lawrence D Miller, OD Dr. Arlene Minkoff, OD Dr. Henry W Mole, OD Dr. Scott I Morrison, OD Dr. Rebecca A Nally, OD Dr. David L Naparstek, OD Dr. John Anh-Khoa Nguyen, OD Dr. Michael J O’Connor, OD Dr. Steven A Ohlbaum, OD Dr. Melissa C Oltz, OD Dr. Eric Orava, OD Dr. David S Orenstein, OD Dr. Shruti Pandya, OD Dr. Eugene Parker, OD Dr. Gina M Parsloe, OD Dr. Richard Pascucci, OD Dr. John Richard Paskowski, OD Dr. Viren R Patel, OD Dr. Hiral Patel, OD Dr. Ralph Paternoster, OD Dr. Brian D Peralta, OD Dr. Todd Pereira, OD

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Dr. Elisa B Perreault, OD Dr. Vernon A Peryea, OD Dr. Frank J Pirozzolo, OD Dr. Raymond Pirozzolo, OD Dr. John P Plow, OD Dr. Cristina Polizzi, OD Dr. Brian Powell, OD Dr. Ira M Price, OD Dr. Richard S Price, OD Dr. Kristin A Protosow-Campo, OD Dr. Todd D Punim, OD Dr. Nicholas A Radetzky, OD Dr. Ami C Ranani, OD Dr. John Ray, OD Dr. Damaris Raymondi, OD Dr. William T Reindel, OD Dr. Fran L Reinstein, OD Dr. Susan A Resnick, OD Dr. David L. Reves, OD Dr. Pollyanna L Roach, OD Dr. Kevin D Rosin, OD Dr. Franco Rossi, OD Dr. Theresa Rostkowski, OD Dr. Neil Rubin, OD Dr. John Rundquist, OD Dr. Laurie A Runnerstrom, OD Dr. Daniella Rutner, OD Dr. Denise Samaroo, OD Dr. Leonard J Savedoff, OD Dr. Catherine C Scandiffio, OD Dr. Samuel B Schenker, OD Dr. James A Schultz, OD Dr. Elliot Schwartz, OD Dr. Steven H Schwartz, OD Dr. Glenn A Seifert, OD Dr. Arkady Selenow, OD Dr. Matthew E Sendker, OD Dr. Aarti K. Sharma, OD Dr. Mary Rita Sheehy, OD Dr. Christopher W Shiomos, OD Dr. David A Siegel, OD Dr. Margaret M Siegrist, OD Dr. Jennifer Small, OD Dr. Lauren A Smith, OD Dr. Duane R Snyder, OD Dr. Richard M Soden, OD Dr. Michael P Spellicy, OD Dr. Mark R Stadlen, OD Dr. Joseph M Stamm, OD Dr. Elizabeth K Stevens, OD Dr. Marjorie J Strelzyn, OD Dr. Marina Su, OD Dr. Wayne Tabachnick, OD

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NYSOA Elected Officers Dr. Paul J Westfall, OD Dr. Kamaljit S Westfall, OD Dr. David P Weyand, OD Dr. Denise M Whittam, OD Dr. Aleksandra Anna Wianecka, OD Dr. Reem K Wlaschin, OD Dr. Russell M Wohl, OD Dr. Thomas A Wong, OD Dr. Hui Shi S Wu, OD Dr. Eva Yan, OD Dr. Lori A. Youngman, OD Dr. Shandor Zelenger, OD Dr. Allen F Zuck, OD

Continued From Page 14 Dr. Kristen Tamburro, OD Dr. Barry M Tannen, OD Dr. Andrea P Thau, OD Dr. Thuy T Tran, OD Dr. Jennifer M Tribley-Grill, OD Dr. Sonia Valle, OD Dr. David J. Vinci, OD Dr. Ralph R Vogel, OD Dr. My-Hanh Vu, OD Dr. Larry B Wallace, OD Dr. Maureen K Wallen, OD Dr. David L Weinberger, OD Dr. Bernard H Weitz, OD Dr. Jan Weitz, OD

President Dawn Chivers, OD Glens Falls, NY drchivers@drsklineandboyd.com President-Elect Ken Sorkin, OD Plainview, NY sorkod@aol.com Vice President Jeffrey Calhoun, OD Williamsville, NY drjeffreycalhoun@gmail.com Secretary Dan Kirchheimer, OD Vestal, NY dkirchheimer@gmail.com Treasurer Ray Pirozzolo, OD Staten Island, NY raypirozzolo@yahoo.com

Immediate Past-President Michele Lagana, OD Honeoye Falls, NY rocheyedoc@gmail.com

Staff Executive Director Jan S Dorman nysoa2020@gmail.com Prospectus Editor-in-Chief Denise Whittam, OD denisewhittamod@msn.com Prospectus Managing Editor Laura Lyman Graphic Designer Josh Crystal jc@crystaljdesign.com

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WHY JOIN NYSOA? MEMBER BENEFITS ADVOCACY Legislative advocacy at the state and federal levels - giving you the ability to stay current on legislative issues and to contact Congressional representatives regarding federal legislative issues affecting the profession

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Membership with the New York State Optometric Association (NYSOA) becomes a combined membership with the American Optometric Association (AOA) and a Local Society. Members of the NYSOA are entitled to a wide variety of benefits and resources, some of which include:

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Access to Vision West, Inc., an ophthalmic group buying plan

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Networking opportunities and access to a listserve to connect with other members and ask questions

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