Educational Events



Educational event invites are sent out by the chapter president to all members. If you are a member and are not receiving meeting invites, please email the chapter president. 
 

Date & Time Location Topic Speaker
November 18, 2025 Virtual-Zoom Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, VAE and NV-HAP

Mike Klompas, MD

Bringham and Women's Hospital

Co-author SHEA Compendium for Strategies to prevent VAP, VAE, and NV-HAP

December 4th, 2025

Noon

94th Aero Squadron 

Annual Holiday & End of APIC Chapter Year Celebration

See flyer below. Register here

 

Miami/Dade APIC Chapter President & 2025 Board of Directors

January 20, 2026 Virtual-Zoom C.auris and Emerging Testing and Surveillance Methodologies 

Jill Hutson, B.S. 

Senior Molecular Account Executive

Diasorin

February 6th, 2026 TBD- Broward County

Annual Seminar 

APIC Miami-Dade, Broward & Palm Beach Counties

See flyer below. 

Register here: APIC Seminar Eventbrite Registration

Keynote

Dr. Carol Mclay, DrPH, RN, FAPIC, FSHEA, CIC (APIC President)

Featured Speakers

Dr. Tiffany Wiksten, DNP, RN, CIC

(The Joint Commission)

Kimberly Smoak, MS, QIDP

(Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration)

February 18, 2026 Virtual-Zoom What Every IP Needs to Know About SPD 

Kelly K. Lluveras 

Central Sterilization & Monitoring Specialist 

 Solventum

March 17, 2026 Virtual- Zoom Surgical Wound Irrigation & the Importance of Sterile Solution

Eliza Hughes, PA-C

Medical Science Liaison

Surgical Solutions (Surgiphor)

April 21, 2026 Virtual- Zoom Detecting Arboviral Diseases using a Novel Tropical Fever Panel

Colleen O'Shell, PA-C

Medical Science Liaison

Biomerieux