“UST HOSPITAL… 80 Years of Healing 80 Years of Teaching 80 Years of Serving 80 Years of Puso”
Save A Heart Mission July 30-31 2026 . -4 Coronary Angiography -1 Right Heart Catheterization -2- PPI
Thank you from the recipients of your generosity to the USTMAAA Foundation’s year-round support for the UST Hospital’s Indigent Programs in perpetuity.
STATE of AFFAIRS of the USTMAAA FOUNDATION … A MESSAGE FROM THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
3 August 2026
Dear Fellow Thomasians, Family, and Friends,
The last two years were challenging yet fruitful. The USTMAAA Foundation lives on…stronger and achieving better heights. We achieved our goal in getting to the ten million mark for our endowment fund. We have been able to assist greatly in a resuscitation effort to improve the UST Hospital. Improving equipment and adding facilities like the brain lab and Cath lab are some of our accomplishments and there is more to come. With your generous contribution and support, all these are possible. Our working relationships with FMS and USTH have been phenomenal.
As l pass the baton to Dr. Aurora Gonzalez, we will work on our phase 2 fundraising to get to another 10 million in endowment funds as this is important in our efforts to expand our support for our indigent programs, underserved medical students, training programs, and research. We need to be on top of the game and meet the bull’s eye consistently. Collectively, we can climb mountains!
More power to our association. Let us feel the energy as more young alumni join us. We welcome you to the fold! Let us promote our mission and achievements to others that they may include our foundation in the list of charitable institutions they donate to.
May God bless us all!
Maria Regina C. Flores, MD 1985 Immediate Past President, USTMAAA Foundation
MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDATION PRESIDENT 2026-2028
31 July 2026
To all UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Alumni,
It is a great honor to welcome you all to our Thomasian family.
We just had a very successful USTMAAA Grand Reunion and Medical Convention in San Francisco on July 15 to July 19, 2026. We thank all the organizers, officers, alumni members and their families for their hard work, dedication, and sacrifice.
We look forward to our next Homecoming Convention in Manila on January 14 to 16, 2027 followed shortly by our 5th In-House Medical Surgical Mission on January 20 to 23, 2027.
The 34th USTMAAA Grand Reunion and Medical Convention will be in M Resort
Spa and Casino, Henderson, Nevada on June 2-6, 2027.
As your USTMAAA Foundation President, I ask all alumni for your generosity to the Endowment Fund. for the ongoing support of the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery and the UST Hospital. Likewise, we ask for your support for the very successful In-House Medical Surgical Mission and the renovation of the Clinical Division (former Charity Hospital) which was closed during the COVID Crisis.
Donations from Individual alumni, Class of alumni, Foundation, Businesses, and Corporations are welcome. A donation in memory of a loved one is wonderful and heartwarming.
Please visit our website ustmaaamerica.org so that everyone can be updated about the recent events in our Alma Mater. The website is comprehensive and details about the Foundation, Level of Giving, Legacy, and many more are explained. Donations may be made online, by other means, or a downloadable Form for Donations by Mail can be printed. Also please join our MAILING LIST.
Hoping to be working with all of you for the next 2 years.
It is always better to give than to receive.
Just remember: wisdom and humility go together.
I Thank You All.
Aurora Laurel Gonzales, M.D., Class 1968 President, USTMAAA Foundation 2026-2028
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
Alaga at Tulong Tomasino 2025 USTMAAA Inhouse Medical Mission #3, January 23-25, 2025
