UST Hospital Revival: A Progress Report
Dear Esteemed Colleagues and Friends,
With your unwavering support and enthusiasm, we continue to witness remarkable progress in our collective effort to revitalize our University Hospital. The enhanced budgets allocated to the various clinical and surgical departments, along with the yearly in-house missions initiated by USTMAAA, have contributed to a significant rise in patient census. Much-needed equipment has also been steadily arriving, thanks to the generosity of individual donors and alumni groups.
Our surgical services have strengthened to the point of meeting the requirements for surgical training accreditation—an achievement that directly elevates the quality of our medical and nursing education. This momentum has led to an overwhelming number of applicants for our internship program, allowing us to select only the most qualified candidates. These developments affirm that our investments are producing meaningful, measurable results.
While several departments have shown impressive improvement, one area requiring focused attention is the Cardiovascular Department. Ideally, this should be one of the hospital’s highest income-generating divisions. At present, however, our single cardiac catheterization laboratory remains underutilized due to a limited volume of cardiac cases.
Recognizing the urgency of this issue, our group has taken the initiative to engage both the hospital administration and the cardiovascular staff in strategic discussions. We have also reached out to prominent cardiovascular surgeons and cardiologists—fellow Thomasians practicing outside UST— to encourage them to support and utilize our facilities more. In parallel, the administration has begun coordinating with neighboring hospitals for potential case referrals.
Should this ideal scenario materialize, the USTMAAA and the Foundation are prepared to pledge support for the establishment of a second cardiac Cath lab. This will ensure that emergency cardiac cases can be accommodated even when the first lab is in use for peripheral vascular procedures.
Although we celebrate the significant strides already made, much work remains as we strive to reclaim our hospital’s premier status and further strengthen the training programs for our future doctors and nurses. Let us remain steadfast and vigilant in our support for the hospital and our beloved medical school.
Thank you once again for your dedication. We hope to see you at the 33rd USTMAAA Grand Reunion and Clinical Convention in Burlingame, California, on July 15–19, 2026.
Warm regards,
Dionisio B. Yorro, Jr., MD, FACC Executive Director, USTMAAA
In-house Medical Mission #4 January 22-24, 2026
The 4 patients who underwent coronary angiogram under the Save-A-Heart Program with Violy Vicencio our generous benefactor.
USTMAAA-USTH Medical-Surgical Medical Mission Report 2024
USTMAAA-USTH Medical-Surgical Medical Mission Report 2023
USTMAAA in-house Medical Mission #2, January 18-20, 2024.
USTMAAA Inhouse Medical Mission #1, January 2023
STATE of AFFAIRS of the USTH / USTH - CD 2026
Dear Fellow Thomasians, Friends, and Families,
We are thankful for a phenomenal year that passed. We closed 2025 with a bang getting to the ten-million-dollar mark for the USTMAAA Foundation endowment fund. This means a lot for our assistance programs for both the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery and USTH. Our accomplishments are huge in terms of getting USTH great again, bringing back the indigent program with the monthly in house medical missions and grand medical missions every January. We have improved the hospital census and patient material for our training programs. It is now much easier to fill our internship and residency spots as we have struggled to do so in the last few years. We have also upgraded and enhanced hospital equipment and brought in a new brain lab which is one of the few that the Philippines has. The USTH Cath lab and Save a Heart program are up and running. Our Cancer program is top in the Philippines with a strong radiation department. All of these are possible because of our concerted efforts in rebuilding, raising funds, and moving forward…
Now, 2026 comes charging in. We have a new year with new goals and challenges. We need to sustain and be on top of it all! It is the year of the FIREHORSES. It is our time to get our CHARIOTS ON FIRE. We will not sit on our laurels but charge on to build the next 10 million dollars for the endowment fund taking the USTMAAA FOUNDATION to new heights as the strongest sturdiest alumni association with a Philippine based medical school. The foundations of IVY league schools have a lot more money that we do but we can always dream and build on our dreams. Charge on folks and get those FIREHORSES running towards a lofty goal! We will be able to help more patients / students/ trainees, and our UST will retain its prominence in the world of medicine.
Thank you for your support. Let us all be good stewards of God’s graces. May you all have a blessed year!
Sincerely,
Maria Regina C. Flores, M.D. President, USTMAAA Foundation Tel.: +1 (407) 492-0287 Email: geraldura@aol.com
Alaga at Tulong Tomasino 2025 USTMAAA Inhouse Medical Mission #3, January 23-25, 2025
