Chris Goodyear is a general surgeon and intensivist at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton. He is also a clinical assistant professor in surgery at Memorial University and has served as an assistant professor in surgery at Dalhousie University.
In 2019–20, Dr. Goodyear was president of the New Brunswick Medical Society. He has also served on the Atlantic Canadian chapter of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and represented New Brunswick on the board of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons.