Local chapter update: Thank you to our chapter leaders

December 9, 2021
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 54

If you are part of an ACDIS local chapter or networking group, you know all the amazing things that the leadership team does over the years to bring you educational and networking opportunities. This work has become even more extensive over the course of COVID-19, with many leaders being pulled between their jobs and local chapter leadership, facing time commitments struggles, figuring out how to take meetings virtual, find speakers, and keep you all up to date on your chapter’s happenings.

As you are winding down for the year, taking a moment to be thankful for all the good you have, we encourage you to also think deeply about the difficult job your chapter leaders have taken on. Take the time to reach out, thank them for their work, and see if there’s anything you can do to help.

Volunteering is often a thankless job, so let’s all step outside of our own comfort zones to thank local chapter leaders for all that they do.

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. Visit your local chapter’s webpage on the ACDIS site for additional information about upcoming meetings. To join a chapter if you haven’t already or to update your chapter contact information/affiliation, click here.

December:

  • The North Carolina ACDIS chapter meets Friday, December 10, for an onsite/virtual hybrid event. The event will take place at the University Hilton Garden Inn in Durham, North Carolina. Onsite attendance is limited to 50 people, and a virtual option is available as well. For information, contact Sarah Matacale (sarah.matacale@gmail.com).  

2022

January:

  • The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, January 14. Details will be sent at a later date. For information, contact Courtney Spangler (cspangler@gbmc.org).
  • The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, January 26, for an event titled “Defining and Querying for AKI and CKD: Could it be ATN?” presented by Shelia Duhon, national director of CDI, and Rhoda Chism, manager of CDI audit & education, with Steward Health Care LLC in Dallas, Texas. For information, contact Laura Anderson (laura.anderson99@optum360.com).

February:

  • The California ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 4, for their annual conference. For information, contact Pamela Stence (pamela.stence@sharp.com).
  • The Texas ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 4, 2022, 1-3:30 p.m., via webinar, for the first annual Texas ACDIS Leadership Summit. For information, contact the general Texas ACDIS chapter email (txacdis@gmail.com).
  • The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, February 23, for an event titled “Back to the Laboratory! Assessing Lab Values for CDI Outcomes” presented by Verona Lodholz, director of CDI with Accuity, based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. For information, contact Laura Anderson (laura.anderson99@optum360.com).