Local chapter update: Fill out the online chapter roster, get a discount on ACDIS membership

ACDIS is rolling out a brand new online chapter membership roster that will be easier for ACDIS national to update for chapter leaders to provide the most accurate and up-to-date information.

All local chapters must to use the online roster, per the Local Chapter Agreement Form. Doing so provides chapter members with a discount on national membership, chapter leadership with valuable information about potential speakers, hosts, and volunteers, and ACDIS national with the ability to gauge local chapter growth.

Note that your local chapter or topic-based networking group may be either the same as your state or it may be specific to your region. Those who are not currently in an ACDIS local chapter are encouraged to fill out the roster as well so that national can connect you with the chapter leaders in your area.

If you have not done so in the last week, please complete the online membership roster by Friday March 22. Chapter members who do so will receive a special discount from Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas on March 25 for ACDIS national membership.

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).

March:

• The Virginia ACDIS chapter meets for their spring meeting on Saturday, March 23, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the atrium conference room on the fourth floor of Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond. For information, contact Fran DeLisser (Franchesca_Delisser@bshsi.org).
• The Missouri and California ACDIS chapters meet on Wednesday, March 27, at 2 p.m., eastern, 11 a.m. pacific, via a webinar. ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas will be presenting on the state of the industry. Click here to register.
• The Tennessee ACDIS chapter meets Friday, March 29, 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. Please RSVP by March 22. For information and to RSVP, contact Sherri Clark (sclark@utmck.edu).
• The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Friday, March 29, 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Piedmont Athens Hospital in Athens. For information, contact Jamie Doster (doster.j@icloud.com).

April:

• The Idaho ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, April 3, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at St. Luke's Medical Center in Boise. For information, contact Susie Curtis (curtisus@slhs.org).
• The Central New York ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 5, 2-4 p.m., at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. Click here to download the agenda. For information, contact Dawn Burr (dawnburr@crouse.org).
• The Kansas City, Missouri, ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, April 10, 2-4 p.m. central, at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City. For information, contact Angelica Naylor (angelica.naylor@outlook.com).
• The Heart of Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, April 11, 5-8 p.m., at Boone Hospital Center, Conference Center 1A, in Columbia. For information, contact Karen Elmore (kelmore@bjc.org).
• The Westchester/Hudson Valley ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, April 11, 2-4 p.m., at Northern Westchester Hospital, conference room C, in Mount Kisco. Click here to download the event flyer. For information, contact Kerry Seekircher (kseekircher@northwell.edu).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 12, 12-2 p.m., at the Maryland Hospital Association in Elkridge. Visit the Maryland page on the ACDIS website for the rest of the year’s lineup. For information, contact Deborah McClain (dmcclain2@fmh.org).
• The Kentucky/Southern Indiana ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, April 13, 8:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. Click here to download the agenda. Click here to download the registration form. For information, contact Leigh Wolff (lwolffcds55@gmail.com), Lee Walton (lawalton@ascension.org), or Angela Green (agreen915@gmail.com).
• The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey. Click here to download the agenda. For information, contact Deanne Wilk (dwilk@pennstatehealth.psu.edu).
• The Massachusetts ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, April 25, 12-3 p.m. at Trinity Health Care, central business office in Bloomfield, Connecticut. RSVP by April 10 to Jessica Barberio (jessica.barbeiro@steward.org).
• The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 26, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Swedish Hospital in Issaquah. Please register by April 16 to the chapter leadership team (evergreenACDIS@gmail.com).

Save-the-date:

• 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 Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, September 19, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. For information, contact Jamie Doster (doster.j@icloud.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, 2019, 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 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).