Local chapter update: Local events go national

Day 2 of the ACDIS annual conference is “state pride day,” a day for attendees to join forces with other attendees from their states and get to know their neighbors. Attendees are encouraged to wear state-themed garb to make it easier to identify each other and network. Volunteer leaders often go out of their way to decorate tables in the exhibit hall lunchroom with state or network-focused themes. For an idea about what local chapters did last year, take a look at the 2018 Conference Special Section (see p. 19).

This year, for example, the Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter will decorate tables like a mountain vista complete with pine trees, sunshine, clouds, and a sasquatch!

Those attending the conference should watch for an email from ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas about more specific activities as well as check the local chapter/networking group discussion board in the conference app for additional information.

Those unable to attend this year’s event needn’t worry—volunteer leaders work diligently all year round to bring educational and networking events to those closer to home.

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Linnea Archibald (larchibald@acdis.org).

May:

• The Suffolk County Long Island ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, May 22, 9:30-10:30 a.m., at Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook. For information, contact Eileen Finnin (eileen.finnin@stonybrookmedicine.edu).
• The California ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, May 29, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., pacific, via webinar. Click here to download the event flyer. For information, contact Rani Stoddard (stoddardrv@henrymayo.com).
• The Oklahoma ACDIS chapter meets Friday, May 31, 1-3 p.m., at OU Medical Center, Samis Conference Center, in Oklahoma City. Click here to download the flyer. For information and to RSVP, contact Amanda Just (amanda.just@integrisok.com).

June:

• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) meets Thursday, June 6, 3 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Valerie Bica (valerie.bica@nemours.org).
• The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, June 8, in Savannah. Please note that this meeting will include a volunteer opportunity with the Help End Hunger Food Bank. For information, contact Jamie Doster (doster.j@icloud.com).
• The Kansas City, Missouri, ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, June 12, 2-4 p.m., central. For information, contact Angelica Naylor (angelica.naylor@outlook.com).
• The Heart of Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, June 13, 12:30-1:30 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Karen Elmore (kelmore@bjc.org).
• The Chapter Advisory Board invites chapter leaders and members to join them for a panel discussion on Thursday, June 20, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. Click here to register.

Save-the-date:

• The Arizona ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, August 3, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Honor Health Shea Medical Center—Brady Conference Center in Scottsdale. Click here to download the save-the-date. For information, contact M.E. VanGelder (mvangelder@honorhealth.com).
• The Kentucky/Southern Indiana ACDIS chapters meet Friday, August 16, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Wildwood Country Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Click here to download the save-the-date flyer. For information, contact Susan Snyder (ssnyder@bhsi.com).
• The Chapter Advisory Board invites chapter leaders and members to join them for a panel discussion on Thursday, September 12, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. Click here to register.
• The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, September 19, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. For information, contact the chapter leadership team (georgia.acdis@gmail.com).
• The Michigan ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, October 5, at McLaren Hospitality House in Flint. Click here to download the save-the-date. For information, contact Susan Fantin (susan.fantin@comcast.net).
• Missouri's three ACDIS chapters meet Saturday, October 19, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., for the fourth annual Show Me State Conference at Boone Hospital in Columbia. Click here to download the save-the-date. For information, contact Karen Elmore (kelmore@bjc.org).
• The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter meets Friday, October 25, at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue. For information, contact the chapter leadership team (evergreenACDIS@gmail.com).
• The California ACDIS chapter meets Friday, October 25, at the University of California, Davis. More details to follow. For information, contact Rani Stoddard (stoddardrv@henrymayo.com).
• The Kansas City, Missouri, ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, December 4, 2-3 p.m. central, via webinar. For information, contact Angelica Naylor (angelica.naylor@outlook.com).
• The Chapter Advisory Board invites chapter leaders and members to join them for a panel discussion on Thursday, December 12, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. Click here to register.