SAVE THE DATE for Fiesta Gala 2027
SATURDAY | APRIL 24 | 2027
Hilton Evanston Orrington Hotel
1710 Orrington Ave
Evanston, IL 60201
The annual Fiesta Gala is our most important fundraising event of the year! Mark your calendar to celebrate with us in 2027 in support of surgical care in Bolivia and Paraguay.
Thank You for a Wonderful Fiesta Gala 2026 Evening
We Raised Over $350,000!
What an incredible evening at Loews Downtown Chicago Hotel. Alongside our 250 guests, we highlighted the achievements of our Neurosurgery and Neurology Institute. Thank you for helping us raise over $350,000 for our mission!
Your support ensures access to affordable, quality surgical care for hundreds of patients in Bolivia and Paraguay! Through medical equipping, the training and mentorship of local medical teams, and direct patient care, together, we provide renewed life for patients facing medical and economic hardship. Thank you for joining us in this healing mission.
Watch Our Video Premiere:
One Life Transforms Many: Fellowships at Home
Watch our Gala video, One Life Transforms Many: Fellowships at Home, highlighting the work of our Neurosurgery and Neurology Institute. The video shares the story of our Fellowship at Home training model in Paraguay and how this partnership helped save the life of a boy named Iam.
Featuring Dr. Richard Moser (honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Fiesta Gala), U.S. missioner Dr. Nirav Patel, and Paraguayan neurosurgeon Dr. José Kuzli, it shows how their collaboration and training in complex AVM neurosurgery made Iam’s life-saving surgery possible.
Congratulations to Our 2026 Honorees
Lifetime Achievement Award
RICHARD MOSER, MD has dedicated his knowledge & resources to expanding neurology and neurosurgical care in Bolivia & Paraguay. He has led 44 neuro mission trips, inspired the founding of our Neurosurgery and Neurology Institute (NNI) and has served as a Solidarity Bridge board member since 2004.
Make a gift in honor of Dr. Richard Moser:
Solidarity Award
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY is an important partner of Solidarity Bridge’s NNI, serving as an institutional model of innovative and sustainable collaboration in global neurosurgery training.
Milestone Missioner Awardees:
5 Trips: Dr. Jared Ament, Catherine Flanagan, Jen Gentile, RN, Dr. Barbara Lazio, Dr. Erin Stevens
10 Trips: Mary McCann Sanchez
Sponsors:
Platinum Sponsor:
Silver Sponsors:
Ann and Christopher Swain
Bronze Sponsors:
The Michael and Jean Terrien Fund
Solidarity Sponsors:
Danielle Lum, MD
Kira Foken
Roberta Glick, MD
