Local chapter update: What are your 2019 ACDIS conference plans?

If you’ve ever attended an ACDIS national conference before, you’re probably aware of some of the fun activities the ACDIS team puts together each year. As always, purple and orange day will be on the first day of the conference, and the second day is state pride day. If your chapter is planning a get-together either during lunch on Day 2 with a theme for the table or afterhours, please let ACDIS administration know of your plans. 

ACDIS will be happy to spread the news about your event to any attendees from your state and to publicize the event on your chapter’s page and here in CDI Strategies. All you have to do is let us know!

If you’re celebrating, please send the following information to Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Editor Linnea Archibald (larchibald@acdis.org) so we can help you spread the news:

• Event date and time (during lunch? After hours?)
• Event location if afterhours
• Event details (such as theme or meet-up location)
• Event contact for more info

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 Arizona ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, May 2, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. Click here to download the save-the-date. For information, contact M.E. VanGelder (mvangelder@honorhealth.com).
• The New Orleans ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, May 9, 4-5 p.m., at Semolina’s Restaurant in Clearview. For information, contact Judi Dowling (judith.dowling@ochsner.org).
• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Monday, May 13, 12-5 p.m., at Advocate Support Center in Downers Grove. Click here to download the agenda and registration information. Please register by May 8. For information, contact Dottie Fanning (dorothy.fanning@advocatehealth.com).
• 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 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 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.