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AMERICAN LIVER
FOUNDATION HEPATITIS C
SUPPORT GROUP
First Monday of the month
7 to 9 p.m.
Plainview Hospital In-Service
Classroom
For more information, call Gina
Pollichino at 631-754-4795.
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Second Thursday of the month
6 to 8 p.m.
Plainview Hospital Lecture Room A
For more information, call Barbara
Casey at 516-541-4673.
CAR SEAT CHECKS
Once a month at Plainview Hospital
or Plainview Fire Department
For a schedule and to make an
appointment, call 516-719-2418.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS at Plainview Hospital
LOOK GOOD…FEEL BETTER®
(FOR FEMALE CANCER
PATIENTS)
Second Monday of every other month
3 to 5 p.m.
Plainview Hospital Lecture Room A
For more details or to register, call
800-ACS-2345 (227-2345).
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE
MENTALLY ILL (NAMI) LONG
ISLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL
Third Thursday of the month
7 to 9:30 p.m.
Plainview Hospital Lecture Room A
For more information, call Barbara
Roth at 516-694-7327.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR
PSORIASIS
Second Tuesday of every other month
7 to 9 p.m.
Plainview Hospital In-Service
Classroom
For more information or to register,
call Joe Ettari at 516-531-1100.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS
Every Sunday
10 to 11:30 a.m. or
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Also, every Friday
8 to 9:30 p.m.
Plainview Hospital Lecture Rooms
A and B
For further information, call
516-794-1333 or 516-342-1196.
STROKE SUPPORT GROUP
Fourth Thursday of the month
1 to 3 p.m.
Plainview Hospital Lecture Rooms
A and B
For more information, call Joy Harris
at 516-719-2411.
TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT
PRE-OPERATIVE EDUCATION
CLASS
Every Tuesday
Noon to 2 p.m.
Plainview Hospital Lecture Room B
To register, call 516-719-2512.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS at Syosset Hospital
BARIATRIC INFORMATIONAL
SEMINAR
First Tuesday of the month
6:30 p.m.
North Ritz Club – 274 Jericho
Turnpike, Syosset
For more information
call 1-888-944-8446 or
visit http://www.northshorelij.com/
NSLIJ/Bariatric+seminars.
DEPRESSION SUPPORT
GROUP
Every Tuesday
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Syosset Hospital Doctor's Lounge
For further information, call
Kristy Sanabria at 516-496-2743.
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DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
SUPPORT GROUP
First Tuesday of the month
6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Ophthalmology Department
GREY SHEETERS
ANONYMOUS
Every Thursday
8 p.m.
Syosset Hospital Doctor's Lounge
PAIN WORKSHOP
January 9, 16, 23 and 30
2 to 3 p.m.
Massapequa Park Library
SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE
WITH HEAD & NECK CANCER
(SPOHNC)
Second Thursday of the month
7:30 to 9 p.m.
Syosset Hospital Conference
Room A/B
For more information, call Mary
Anne Caputo at 516-759-5333.
For more information about
support groups, please contact
Jaclyn Donno at 516-496-6409.
TO FIND A COMMUNITY PHYSICIAN NEAR YOU, CALL 1-888-321-DOCS.
