4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Fifth Annual NASPGHAN Baby Shark Tank Competition 
Submission Deadline was: June 1, 2026, 11:59 PM Eastern Time
The submission site is now closed.

The 5th Annual NASPGHAN Baby Shark Tank is an opportunity to share your GI innovation or medical device idea with colleagues and the world!  Applications will be reviewed by a panel of experts, and the Top 3 will be chosen to pitch live at the NASPGHAN Annual Meeting on the evening of Thursday, October 22, 2026 in San Diego, CA.

The Top 3 innovations will be publicized by NASPGHAN and the pitch competition winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000.00 as well as support to enter the AGA Shark Tank (Spring 2027).

Requirements:

• Innovation, medical device, or technology in an early stage of development (not yet commercially available)
• Meets need of digestive health or patients, families, or the medical team (not limited to pediatrics)
• Limited to 1 entry per applicant
• Agreement for any information shared in the Shark Tank to be publicized through video recording and/or print (ie. your idea could be shared)

All applicants will be contacted with results by August 3rd, 2026.
 
Past Winners of Baby Shark Tank:

• 2025 Rachel Rosen: Bile Blaster: A Bile Acid-Sequestering Blenderized Enteral Tube Feed
• 2024 Peter Ngo: Pediatric Emergency Esophageal Tamponade Kit
• 2023 Peter Lu: Tibi-Stim: Treat your child's constipation using a piece of tape
• 2022 Steve Moulton: EZaLife, LLC

If any questions about this application or the Shark Tank in general, please contact either:
Ada Lee (ada.lee@stonybrookmedicine.edu) or Dhandapani Ashok (dhandapani.ashok@lhsc.on.ca)

 

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM  Reception in the Exhibit Hall
The Opening Reception is Supported in part by Mirum Pharmaceuticals.

• Poster session I  
• Exhibit hall open