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Discover the winners of the 2025 Hippocrate Awards

Welcome to the page dedicated to the 2025 winners!

This edition held special significance, marking the 15th anniversary of the Hippocrate Awards. Since its inception, the event has brought together the healthcare ecosystem around a shared mission: to support, recognize, and promote promising initiatives that benefit the community, and to highlight those who contribute to the health of Quebecers.

Discover the winners in the Emerging and Transformative categories!

2025 Grand Prize Winners

Emerging Category

Innovation Award – Digital, Technological, Pharmacological, and Artificial Intelligence Transformation

Project: Development of a multimodal pre-rehabilitation program, co-created with seniors, for patients awaiting elective total hip replacement
Organization: Center for Research on Aging, University of Sherbrooke; CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS; Sercovie Community Center
Principal Investigators: Hassiba Chebbihi, geriatrician, researcher

Transformative Category

Innovation Award – Digital, Technological, Pharmacological, and Artificial Intelligence Transformation

Project: Follow-up Clinic for Orphan Patients
Organization: Kevin Girard Pharmacies
Project Lead: Kevin Girard, Pharmacist and Owner, Uniprix

Other Awards

ALL WINNERS

Emerging Category

Innovation Award – Health/Life Journey with Illness
Project:
AllianC5: Clinic for the Assessment of Asthma Exacerbations
Organization: IUCPQ-ULaval
Leaders: Andréanne Coté, Pulmonologist and Intensive Care Specialist
Jean-Paul Marsan Innovation Award – Pathways promoting tailored, inclusive, and cross-disciplinary approaches for the most vulnerable and marginalized populations
Project:
Healthy Community
Organization: Special Olympics Quebec
Leaders: Tristan Delmas, Director of Healthy Communities
Innovation Award – Technology
Project:
TAKECARE: Implementation of a mental health technology solution to support the use of continuous clinical monitoring and improve the quality of care and services in programs for first-episode psychosis
Organization: CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, in partnership with Greybox
Leaders: Amine Saadi, Director of Mental Health and Addictions Programs, in collaboration with Clara Duverney, Project Manager, Greybox Solutions
Innovation Award – Digital Transformation
Project:
Digital Transformation of Postoperative Follow-ups at the CHU de Québec
Organization: CHU de Québec, in collaboration with LeoMed
Leaders: Julie Maranda, Nurse, Executive Assistant, DCP Care Pathway; Joseph Aubut, Director of Medical Technologies, LeoMed
Innovation Award – Artificial Intelligence
Project:
PRISME: Immersive Reality Platform for Monitoring and Measuring Clinical Expressions
Organization: CHU Sainte-Justine
Leaders: Guillaume Dumas, Researcher, Azrieli Research Center
Innovation Award – Focus on People and Quality
Project:
Development of a multimodal pre-rehabilitation program, co-created with seniors, for patients awaiting elective total hip replacement
Organization: Aging Research Center, University of Sherbrooke; CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS; Sercovie Community Center
Principal Investigators: Hassiba Chebbihi, geriatrician, researcher
Innovation Award – Emerging Researchers
Project:
ExoFlex
Organization: ExoFlex Inc.
Leaders: Félix Roy, President and CEO

Transformative Category

Innovation Award – Health/Life Journey with Illness
Project:
Prehospital Video Triage for Acute Stroke
Organizations: CHUM
Leaders: Christian Stapf, neurologist
Jean-Paul Marsan Innovation Award – Pathways promoting tailored, inclusive, and cross-disciplinary approaches for the most vulnerable and marginalized populations

Project: PRISM: A Revolution in Mental Health Care for People Experiencing Homelessness
Organizations: CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île de Montréal
Leaders: Giovanna Cocco, Director of DSMD; Vincent Laliberté, psychiatrist, researcher; Samuel Watts, President and CEO, Mission Bon Accueil

Innovation Award – Technology
Project: SuPER (Surgical Performance Enhancement and Robotics Centre): Advancing value-based surgical care through the integration of robotics and AI
Organization: Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Project Lead: Dr. Amir Hooshiar, Assistant Professor
Innovation Award – Digital Transformation
Project:
Patient Timeline (PT)
Organization: CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, in collaboration with Harris Healthcare
Leader: Dr. Justin Cross, Director of Digital Health; Seth Salmon, Harris Healthcare; Jacques Laporte, Consultation Merlix; Mark Karanosky, GMFU Herzl
Innovation Award – Translational Research
Project:
Centre of Excellence in Cell Therapy (CETC)
Organization: CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, in collaboration with IRIC and the C3i Centre
Leaders: Denis Claude Roy, Director, IHOT and CETC; Claude Perreault, IRIC; Yvan Coté, Centre C3i; Dr. Silvy Lachance, Héma-Québec
Innovation Award – At the Heart of Humanity and Quality
Project:
Follow-up Clinic for Orphan Patients
Organization: Kevin Girard Pharmacies
Leaders: Kevin Girard, Pharmacist-Owner, Uniprix
Innovation Award – Up-and-Comers
Project:
Summer Academy: An Immersive Program
Organization: CHUM
Leader: Camille Lalonde-Gagnon, Head of the Learning and Simulation Center

Innovation Award – Prevention – Intersectoral Collaboration – Sustainable Health

Innovation Award – Sustainable Health (tie)
Project:
City of Trois-Rivières Integrated Action Plan for Social Cohesion
Organization: City of Trois-Rivières
Leaders: Cindy Moreau, Head of the Office of Social Development
Innovation Award – Sustainable Health (tie)
Project:
Together with You, Saint-Zénon and Saint-Michel-des-Saints
Organization: Lanaudière CISSS
Leaders: Marie-Ève Brien, Director of General Services, Frontline Services, and Partnerships
Innovation Award – Prevention
Project: Mobile Clinical Unit for Cardiovascular Prevention in Rural, Remote, and Indigenous Communities
Organization: IUCPQ
Leaders: Marie-Ève Piché, Cardiologist, Cardiovascular Prevention Sector

2024 Grand Prize Winners

Emerging Category

Innovation Award – Digital, Technological, Pharmacological, and Artificial Intelligence Transformation

Project: Cœur Way: Your AI-powered medical documentation assistant. Designed for Quebec
Organization: CoeurWay
Leaders: Antoine Lavoie, Co-founder and VP; Joseph Petruccelli, Medical Director

Transformative Category

Innovation Award – Digital, Technological, Pharmacological, and Artificial Intelligence Transformation

Project: Implementation of a virtual on-demand interpretation platform – Voyce
Organization: CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest de l’île de Montréal
Project Lead: Ms. Aurelia Difabrizio

Other Awards

ALL WINNERS

Emerging Category

Innovation Award – Transformation of Health and Social Services Delivery

Project: The Comprehensive Brain Mapping and Neuromodulation Program
Organization: CHU Ste-Justine
Principal Investigators: Aris Hadjinicolaou, neurologist; Alexander G. Weil, neurosurgeon

Award – Improving the User Experience

Project: É-LABO: Living Ethics Laboratory
Organization: Montreal Clinical Research Institute
Leaders: Eric Racine, research professor; Bénédicte D’Anjou, coordinator

Jean-Paul Marsan Innovation Award: Collaboration and Creation of Multisectoral Partnerships

Project: Strategy for Accelerating and Integrating Digital Mental Health
Organization: CIUSSS Est de l’Ile de Montréal, supported by a multi-stakeholder evaluation and selection committee
Leaders: Ms. Jennifer Dahak, Co-Director, Centre of Expertise in Information Technology for Mental Health, Addiction, and Homelessness

Interdisciplinary Innovation Award – Quality, Meaningful Management

Project: The Passerelle Program: An “academy” for PAB within the CIUSSS
Organization: CIUSSS de l’Ouest de l’île de Montréal
Leaders: Isabelle Caron, Director of SAPA Housing; Mr. Jean-Philippe Ferland, Director of HR

Innovation Award – Sustainable Development in Health

Project: ADAPTING TO CHANGE: PUBLIC HEALTH AT THE HEART OF CLIMATE ACTION
Organization: CISSS du Bas-Saint-Laurent in collaboration with an integrated regional initiative
Leaders: Joanne Aubé Maurice, Public Health Specialist; Annabelle Savard, Planning Officer

Innovation Award – Provision of Adapted, Inclusive, and Cross-Cutting Services to Populations, Particularly the Most Vulnerable
Project:
Supporting culturally safe Indigenous childbirth in high-risk obstetrics
Organization: McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
Leaders: Jennifer Pepin, Coordinator, Women’s Health Mission; Sophia Kapellas, Obstetric Nurse
Innovation Award – Digital, Technological, Pharmacological, and Artificial Intelligence Transformation
Project:
Cœur Way: Your AI-powered medical documentation assistant.
Organization: CoeurWay
Leaders: Antoine Lavoie, Co-founder and VP; Joseph Petruccelli, Medical Director
Innovation Award – Promoting Public Health Engagement
Project:
“Mess Up This Notebook, Take Care of Yourself”
Organizations: Intersectoral Committee: CISSS de Lanaudière, Public Health Division, Centre scolaire des affluents, Regional Roundtable
Leader: Marc André Girard, Program Administration Manager
Innovation Award – Emerging Leaders
Project:
Hearts on a Visit
Organizations: Cœurs en visite and U de Montréal, Faculty of Medicine; collaborators: CHU Sainte-Justine, CHUM, and CIUSSS Centre-Sud
Project Lead: Othmane Zekraoui

Transformative Category

Innovation Award – Transformation of Health and Social Services Delivery
Project:
Mino Pimatisi8in, Val D’Or Indigenous Health Clinic
Organizations: CISSS Abitibi and Val-d’Or Indigenous Friendship Centre
Leaders: Ms. Caroline Roy, CISSS Abitibi, and Mr. Stephane Laroche, Val d’Or Indigenous Friendship Centre
Award – Improving the User Experience
Project:
Interdisciplinary Musculoskeletal Clinics, an Unexpected Novelty for the Quebec Population
Organizations: CISSS Outaouais, CIUSSS Ouest de l’Île, CISSS de Laval
Leaders: Ms. Mélanie Boudreau, Ms. Marie-Pier Bourbonnais, Ms. Caroline Thibault
Jean-Paul Marsan Innovation Award: Collaboration and Creation of Multisectoral Partnerships
Project:
Dispatch Paramedicine
Organization: Groupe Alerte Santé
Project Lead: Mr. Yves Masse, Executive Director
Innovation-Sustainable Development in Health Award
Project:
Urban Agriculture in Long-Term Care Facilities
Organization: CIUSSS East of the Island of Montreal
Project Lead: Marie Joelle Chrétien, Sustainable Health Advisor
Interdisciplinary Innovation Award – Quality, Meaningful Management
Project:
Clinical Assistant Program for Medical Graduates from Outside Canada and the United States Residing in Quebec (DHCEU)
Organization: DISTRICT MEDICAL
Leaders: Dr. Sabrine Manoli, Dr. Christine Eskander, Dr. Georges Zaarour
Innovation Award – Provision of Adapted, Inclusive, and Cross-Cutting Services to Populations, Particularly the Most Vulnerable
Project:
VIGILANCE
Organization: CISSS de la Montérégie Ouest
Leaders: Ms. Anick Grimard, Ms. Victoria Martineau, CISSS de la Montérégie Ouest, and Ms. Caroline Beaulne, ABC de la famille
Innovation Award – Digital, Technological, Pharmacological, and Artificial Intelligence Transformation
Project:
Implementation of a virtual on-demand interpretation platform – Voyce
Organization: CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest de l’île de Montréal
Project Lead: Ms. Aurelia Difabrizio
Innovation Award – Promoting Public Health Engagement
Project:
“AI & Health Journey” Podcast
Organization: CHUM
Leaders: Ms. Natalie Mayerhofer and Ms. Oriane Morriet
Innovation Award – Emerging Talent
Project:
Implementation of virtual reality for pain and anxiety management during procedures to remove percutaneous pins or sutures in children (PINS)
Organization: CHU Ste Justine Research Center and University of Montreal
Project Lead: Julien Gardner and Ms. Sylvie Lemay, Internship Supervisor

Winners of the 2023 edition

Grand Prize

WINNERS — Tied

PROJECT: The Mount Sinai Hospital Telerehabilitation Program

Team led by Dr. Nathalie Saad, pulmonologist
Mount Sinai Hospital, CIUSSS Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal

Grand Prize

WINNERS — Tied

PROJECT: Improving Accessibility and Quality of Outpatient Addiction Medicine Services for Indigenous Clients in Rural Areas

Team led by Dr. Stéphanie Marsan, physician
Montreal University Hospital Centre (CHUM)

Other awards

WINNERS

Award for Innovation in Digital, Technological, and Pharmacological Transformation, and Artificial Intelligence
PROJECT: VITR.AI

Mr. Alexandre Chagnon, Founder of VITR.AI
VITR: AI

Jean-Paul Marsan Award for Accessibility and Service Integration
PROJECT: Operations Management Center
The Operations Department team at Urgences-Santé
Urgence-Santé

 

Interdisciplinary Innovation Award for Quality and Quality Management
PROJECT: Prostate Cancer Screening: Improved Access to Services
The team of Ms. Sylvie Martel, Multidisciplinary Services, and Dr. Eric Turcotte, Researcher
Institution: CIUSSS de l’Estrie-CHUS-CRCHUS
Award for the Optimization and Modernization of Professional Practices to Provide More Time for the Patient
PROJECT: Preventing the Risks of Functional Decline and Falls in the Hospital Setting Through an Innovative Interdisciplinary Approach
The team of Ms. Sophie Bellevance and Ms. Isabelle Roussin Collin
The University Institute of Cardiology and Pulmonology of Quebec
Award for Improving the User Experience
PROJECT: PETAPAN
The team of Ms. Christine Francoeur and Antoine St-Germain, homelessness specialist
Abitibi-Témiscamingue Regional Health and Social Services Center
Social Innovation, Policy Implementation, and Public Health Partnership Award
PROJECT: Pharma-C: Hepatitis C Screening in Community Pharmacies: A Quebec Feasibility and knowledge transfer
The team of Ms. Rachel Therrien, pharmacist
University of Montreal Hospital Center (CHUM)
Emerging Researcher Award
PROJECT: Training for Frontline Trainers
The team of Ms. Anaelle Morin, RN, M.Sc., and Ms. Marie-Ève Perron, RN, M.Sc.
University of Sherbrooke

Previous Winners

2022

Grand Prize

WINNERS — Tied

Hôpital@domicile, CIUSSS Centre-Ouest de l’Île de Montréal

GAP (Network Access and Relevance), Dr. Eric Lavoie’s team, CIUSSS Bas St Laurent.

Other Awards

WINNERS

Project to implement automated oxygen therapy for COVID-19 patients, IUCPQ-Laval University; Project: An innovative model of care in the emergency department at the CHU de Québec: Direct Access Physical Therapy, CHU de Québec-Laval University
Solidarity Hospital Project, CIUSSS de l’île de Montréal
Covid-19 Squad Project, from the CIUSSS de la Capitale nationale.

2021

Grand Prize

WINNERS

La Maison Bleue Cote des Neiges for and by the community, CIUSSS Centre-Ouest de l’Île de Montréal.

Other awards

WINNERS

Project to Implement Automated Oxygen Therapy for COVID-19 Patients, IUCPQ-Ulaval; Project: An Innovative Model of Care in the Emergency Department at the CHU de Québec: Direct Access Physical Therapy, from the CHU de Québec-Ulaval

2020

Grand Prize

WINNERS — Tie

A New Model of Interdisciplinary Clinical Roles in Dysphagia, CHU de Québec, Laval University.

Other awards

WINNERS

Project to implement automated oxygen therapy for COVID-19 patients, IUCPQ-Ulaval; Project: An innovative care model in the emergency department of the CHU de Québec: Direct Access Physical Therapy, from the CHU de Québec-Ulaval

Honorable Mentions

WINNERS

Aire Ouverte Estrie Project, CIUSSS de l’Estrie-CHUS
Mots d’enfants, CIUSSS de la Capitale Nationale
Proximité Accès, CIUSSS de l’Estrie-CHUS
Nursing Clinic for Prevention, Screening, and Short-Term Follow-Up, CIUSSS de Centre Ouest de L’ile de Montréal.

Distinguished Award

WINNERS

Vaccinations in the Workplace: A partnership of 154 companies, supported by the healthcare network.

2019

Programme Jocoeur, CISSS Abitibi Témiscamingue,
Projet d’évaluation de la personnalisation des soins infirmiers, médicaux et pharmaceutiques en soins de longue durée, CIUSSS CN et GMFU Haute Ville
Projet déploiement d’une équipe SCPD interdisciplinaire de 2e et 3e ligne pour le RUIS de UDM, CCSMTL, CIUSSS Centre Sud de Mtl.

2018

50 ans de Prévention, Centre Épic L’ICM, Dr Martin Juneau
Projet Clinique Ado+Montréal, des jeunes en difficulté au cœur des Priorités, CIUSSS Centre Sud de l’île de Montréal
Projet se Battre pour la dignité humaine, CISSS de Laval.

2017

Projet L’approche de pédiatrie sociale en communauté (PSC), Dr Gilles Julien
Projet Davantage de collaboration pour moins d’infections, diminution des infections du site opératoire en transplantation d’organes solides et chirurgie hépatobiliaire et en chirurgie cardiaque, CUSM
Projet L’interdisciplinarité au service des petits cœurs malades, clinique d’investigation neuro cardiaque (CINC) CHU Sainte-Justine.

2016

Projet S’attaquer au clostridium difficile, le contrôle des infections par une approche multidiciplinaire et multifacettaire, Centre Hospitalier Pierre le Gardeur
Projet Quand un projet interdisciplinaire prévient les amputations, un levier pour la guérison du pied diabétique, Centre Hospitalier régional de Lanaudiere et UQTR, et +.

2015

L’interdisciplinarité au service des jeunes: approche pour le bien-être et le rétablissement des patients de 18-30 ans présentant un épisode psychotique d’évolution récente, Clinique Notre Dame des Victoires en collaboration avec IU en santé mentale de Québec.

2014

Projet L’interdisciplinarité au service d’une clientèle vulnérable: thérapie modifiée directement observée chez les patients VHC+, clinique L’Actuel, en collaboration avec le Programme national de mentorat Volet Hépatites.

2013

L’interdisciplinarité au service des nouvelles mamans, Grossesse et allaitement, guide thérapeutique, collectif de 4 pharmaciennes et médecins responsables et 83 autres professionnels, collaboration Éditions CHU Sainte-Justine.

2012

Projet L’Union fait la force, ouverture d’une clinique spécialisée pour les maladies respiratoires (CMR) de Laval, accès rapide à un diagnostic et un traitement des patients atteints d’asthme ou de MPOC, collaboration médecin et pharmacien, Laval.

2011

Développement de deux ordonnances collectives : gestion des nausées et des vomissements chez la femme enceinte, prise d’acide folique ou de mutivitamine, collectif de professionnels, région du Saguenay Lac St Jean.