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UMSL| Optometry Student Organization Hosts Event


The Society for the Advancement of Independent Optometry (SAIO) hosted their first meeting of the year at Ferguson Brewing Company with guest speaker Dr. Justin Bazan, owner of Park Slope Eye in Brooklyn, NY.   Dr. Bazan presented to the group of 68 attendees including students and faculty on his road to private practice in optometry.  He also provided his personal philosophies of office operation as a business owner and optometrist.







The event was sponsored by VSP.
Photos submitted by: Tony Brown

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  1. zerry htMarch 22, 2015 at 4:05 AM

    Hey everyone looks so happy in the event. Can you share some more details of the corporate events? Like what games were there to play, how was the venue location and what was the menu? It will help me in organizing an event in my company.

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