Local chapter update: Holiday events on the local level

A little shout-out this week to the folks in Maryland who’ll meet this Friday for their annual pot luck lunch and holiday celebration. While the local chapter held a large, full-day educational event earlier this fall which gathered roughly 100 attendees, informal, festive events such as this provide its own benefit to members. Folks attending bring not only their culinary contributions and donations for a local charity but also their CDI knowledge, experience, and good will to share with other attendees. And while a bowl of smoking bishop probably won’t be in the mix, CDI comradery certainly will be.  

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).

December:

• The Pediatric ACDIS networking group meets Thursday, December 7, 3-4 p.m., EST, via webinar. For information, contact Leah Savage (leah.savage@nortonhealthcare.org).
• The New York-Five Boroughs ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, December 7, 5-7:30 p.m., at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City in conference room A on the second floor. To RSVP and for information, contact Marybeth DeVane (devaneM@hss.edu).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets on Friday, December 8, 12-3 p.m., for their holiday meeting at the Maryland Hospital Association in Elkridge. There will be a pot luck from 12-1 p.m. For information, contact Candace Blankenship (candace.blankenship@medstar.net).
• The Alabama ACDIS chapter meeting on Friday, December 8, 1-2 p.m. central, via webinar has been canceled due to snow throughout northern Alabama. For information regarding the new date, contact Jeff Morris (jwmorris@health.southalabama.edu).
• The CDI Educator ACDIS networking group meets on Thursday, December 14, 12-1 p.m., PST, via webinar. Click here to download the save-the-date flyer. For information, contact M.E. VanGelder (ME.VanGelder@honorhealth.com).

January:

• The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets on Friday, January 5, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Penn State Health-Hershey. Please RSVP by Thursday, December 14, by clicking here. For information, contact Deanne Wilk (dwilk@pennstatehealth.psu.edu).
• The Westchester/Hudson Valley ACDIS chapter meets on Thursday, January 11, 2-4 p.m. For information, contact Kerry Seekircher (kseekircher@northwell.edu).
• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, January 17, 12-1 p.m., CST, via webinar. For information, contact Colleen Stukenberg (cstukenberg@fhn.org).
• The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter meets on Friday, January 26, 10-11 a.m., via webinar. For information, contact the chapter leadership (evergreenACDIS@gmail.com).

Save-the-date:

• The Kentucky ACDIS chapter meets on Thursday, February 1, 1-4 p.m., at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. For information, contact Leah Savage (leah.savage@nortonhealthcare.org).
• The North Carolina ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 23, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. For information, contact ncacdis@gmail.com.
• The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter is tentatively planning to meet on Friday, April 6, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at PeaceHealth in Vancouver. For information, contact the chapter leadership (evergreenACDIS@gmail.com).