CAPITAL CAMPAIGN 2025, ABOUT
Every Surgery is Someone’s Tomorrow
Setting the standard of surgery, right here at home.
You can help deliver life-changing care, by equipping our surgeons with the advanced technology they need, right here at home.
MORE ON THE 2025 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:
The David Elias CHS Health Care Innovation Award
Transformative generosity. Game-changing medical innovation.
In a high-stakes showdown, three finalist teams will pitch their game-changing medical solutions to revolutionize local healthcare.
This year, you have the power to vote for the winner of the David Elias CHS Health Care Innovation Award, helping to shape the future of medical advancements in our community.
The prize: $500,000
Community Impact Award
Real impact in the heart of our community.
New this year, two teams will vie for a $100,000 Community Impact Award to accelerate access to care beyond our hospital walls — advancing sustainable health care system solutions in our community and province.
The prize: $100,000
Trailblazing Health Care Innovation since 2017
Since launching our first medical competition in 2017, our generous donors have helped us invest over $2.5 million into New Brunswick’s health care system—fuelling 10 groundbreaking projects that are transforming care, saving lives and shaping the future of medicine.
major investors
granted
funded projects
2021
Atlantic Canada’s first 3-D Imaging Center and the first in Canada to adopt Subtle Medical’s AI solutions, reducing scan times and improving patient comfort
2018
First-in-Canada Nobel Prize winning super-resolution microscope to ensure new medicines will have the desired effect on specific patients, contributing to decreased hospital stays and reduced pressure on hospitals
2017
An extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) device, also known as cardiac bypass in a box, launching a study to show improved survival rates for cardiac arrest patients in the Emergency Department
Event Details
5:30 PM Pre-Event Social
- Food catering and cash bar available
- Guest photography provided
- Coat check provided
- Parking in the Marco Polo lot is provided
- Business/Business Formal Attire Encouraged
- Event will be theatre-style seating
6:30 PM Welcoming Remarks
The David Elias CHS Health Care Innovation Award Presentations
- 3 Team Presentations
- Q & A with the honourary judges
The David Elias CHS Health Care Innovation Award Voting (Audience)
Community Impact Award, Presented by GreenShield Presentations
- 2 Team Presentations
- Q & A with the honourary judges
Community Impact Award Voting (Audience)
Announcement of Winners
Closing Remarks
Post-Event Social
- Food catering and cash bar available
- Guest photography provided
Let’s fuel the future of health care, together.
Witness cutting-edge ideas come to life and connect with the brightest minds in the field.
